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Posted 10/4/2010 12:08 PM (GMT -5)
Well my parents never let me change my bag by myself because my ostomie nurse told them it would make me stressed? well i told them what if i was at a friends house and something happened? they just thought i couldnt do it and they never gave me a real chance.

WELL... today i was intending to change it when my mom got home from a meeting. well the bag thought other wise. the seal came off a little and everytime i would "poo" it would leak out on to me. well i called my mom and told her im changing my bag she just told me to be careful.

My mom says i change my bag better than my dad does.

Now i have a few questions tho. i used a thing that looks like flower mix but its supost to help heal my skin my nurse told me to use it. i cleaned all around my stoma "while standing" and when it came to putting the adhesive on the bag it was easy but i got very little on my stoma is that ok? it stung a little but i think what was stinging was because my skin was still a little raw around my stoma.
Posted 10/4/2010 1:02 PM (GMT -5)
congrats on job well done :) :)

i remember being so nervous too when i changed the appliance all by my self for the first time. i was just released from the hospital and the next day i had a leak. lol i was so nervous that i just stood infront of the mirror in the b/r for a whole 15 mins with a wipe in my hand not knowing even where to start. then, after i recovered from my shock, i called the hospital's stoma nurse and she guided me and i did ok. from then on, i didn't feel i needed any help any more and felt confident to do it all by my self.

i don't think a bit of adhesive on the stoma should cause major issues. it never happened to me tho, so i'm not sure, but i hope someone here will be able to give you a defenite answer about this.

very happy for you. keep doing well!
Posted 10/4/2010 2:06 PM (GMT -5)
Doesn't it feel great knowing you can do it all by yourself? I had my husband help me the first few changes but now I rip ff the old and stick on the new in 3 minutes flat!!
Don't worry about a little bit of adhesive on your stoma, they are tougher then we think!

-Allie
Posted 10/4/2010 2:12 PM (GMT -5)
I remember when I started changing it myself. I would try to get in a rush and start worrying, etc. A couple of times I would breakout in a sweat and start getting dizzy like I was about to faint.
Now I can change it in about 10 minutes. 5 min if you don't include putting on the sure seal.
Posted 10/4/2010 2:30 PM (GMT -5)
Way to go David!

Posted 10/4/2010 3:29 PM (GMT -5)
wow newshiny, you had pretty bad anxiety attacks over this. glad you got over it. after a while we realize it's not that bad, don't we?
Posted 10/4/2010 11:03 PM (GMT -5)
YAY david! Its great when you can do it yourself!
i dont think the powder or the paste would hurt your stoma. If you dont have skin irriation though, you dont need the powder.
Posted 10/5/2010 4:13 AM (GMT -5)
Way to go!! yeah The powder (probably Nystatin, an anti-fungal) will not hurt your stoma.
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