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Posted 11/23/2009 2:20 PM (GMT -5)
Lets hear some ideas how to combat pancaking
Posted 11/23/2009 2:23 PM (GMT -5)
Whats Pancaking?
Posted 11/23/2009 2:41 PM (GMT -5)
its when your stools are quite solid, and unable to flow down into your pouch
Posted 11/23/2009 3:05 PM (GMT -5)
that only happens with colostomys i think.
Posted 11/23/2009 5:19 PM (GMT -5)
Something like that has happened to me and I have ileostomy. I just know I need to drink more water when that happens compared to what I ate. Not chewing food enough a reason for me too. If there are others I'd like to know them too.
Posted 11/23/2009 7:33 PM (GMT -5)
Trigirl,
I'm like you sometimes thick and you almost have to milk the stool out of the pouch. Fluids make the world of difference especially water, it doen't seem to work with diet cola or other stuff.... water seems to do the trick.
Cathy
Posted 11/23/2009 11:54 PM (GMT -5)
Try spraying some cooking oil up the top inside of your bag (a lot of people use PAM). It helps everything slide down easier. Don't get any on the sticky bits though!
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