CrohnsChat: Re: over active stoma

Re: over active stoma

Posted by Kathy from England on 8/5/2008, 12:32 am, in reply to "over active stoma "

Hi David,
I'm just back from a week away - and very, very tired. So this is just a brief reply.

Firstly, you're probably much better off with uncut bags until your stoma settles down (it will shrink a lot initially). Pre-cut are great once things have stabalised.

Secondly, is it an ileostomy you have? If so, a tip is to eat marshmallows about 20 minutes before changing. They are supposed to stop output long enough for you to carry out a bag change.
Gary can't stand them, so I can't say they work...but I know many ostomates who swear by this.

It's very early days yet...you sound to be doing well.

Kathy

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