This video is about why I use Convex Colostomy bags over flat colostomy bags. In the video I fully demonstrate the difference between the two. The convex bag is made by Dansac and the flat bag is made by coloplast.
OMG you are right - the rep at Coloplast told me today I needed a Convex appliance when I said I have a problem with leakage. Watching your explanation was very enlightening. Thank you so much. Very informative!
Finally someone was brave enough to show exactly how to apply a 2 piece bag system on person. I presently use a 1 pc and have had 3 side leakages . I'm not a heavy person but I sit alot and have a side fat crease which in turn causes the poo to get under my wax ring barrier and then under the adhesive barrier. Now I'm convinced that perhaps the 2 pc convex bag is the way to go. Hoping to get a reversal in Dec. 2022 which I understand may give me a whole new set of problems. Praying that everything goes well for me. Thanks again for a great video.
You explained all of this so much better than any ostomy nurse ever has! I never understood how the belt worked. Hopefully my husband’s stomach will decrease in size so we can start using it! Thanks for the education!
Thank you for all of your videos! I'm getting my permanent colostomy in a few weeks and your videos have been so helpful. I have probably spent 100 hours watching videos and I'm pretty sure you are the only one with a colostomy. Seems like most content creators have an ileostomy Anyway, THANK YOU ❤
Thankyou so much for this video. Have had 'Norma the Stoma' for 11 weeks and this is the best video that I have watched. Have watched a lot! Due to leakages, after Norma reduced in size and is lopsided- was from the beginning ,I am now on Convex Sensura one piece bags. also I have a peristomal hernia. The hernia is a challenge. I bought myself some sachets of Cavilon no sting barrier foam wipes that are gradually helping my skin irritation. Going to clinic next wk as nurse isn't prepared to prescribe them .They are very expensive. Says just use calamine. Have tried that and wasn't as good. Also it makes it so hard, to remove the bags even with lot of adhesive remover. Sounds like a bonus, but pulling bag off made skin sore. I still had poo getting out on opposite side to hernia where Norma is virtually flat to my skin. Touch wood- no leaks with convex bag and those banana shaped adhesive strips but still some sore skin. But nothing like yours. Still have pancaking even with lubricant and putting scrunched up plastic into bag, as suggested by clinic. They want me to use a paste. Also still waiting to be measured for hernia supports. I put filter cover on when going out and when fills with gas I remove cover, squeeze gas out and put new cover back on. Will watch your vent video. Thanks again. Pam
Hi Pam, thank you for watching. I am glad my video has helped, everything is trial and error in the early days. It sounds like you are very proactive in getting the rights things for you, well done you. So many people put up with leaks and discomfort when they do not have to.
omg thank you so much for makeing this video, I have just recieved my sample of convex colostomy bags today and I wouldnt of had a scooby how to apply one until I found this video. Watching you explane the difference between a flat bag (that I use ) and a convex was very informative I cant thank you enough.
All the useful info I have gained about managing a colostomy has been from your videos, thank you so much x I use the seals with my drainable bag but am going to give the convex bag a try, also get Osto-Ez-Vents thanks to your info..I was allergic to many types of the usual bags (a nightmare in hospital as they kept dropping off and causing a bad reaction) but have the same type as you now with vitamin E....thankfully the barrier spray I have works well too.
Thank you for making this video. I also have pancaking issues, and have just switched to a convex bag. This video helped me figure out thats what I needed. This works wayyy better! 😄
Thank you so much for doing this video. I've only had my stoma for a month. Received a sample of a convex bag after talking to a representative. But didn't come with great instructions. I appreciate your explanation so much. First time I tried, bag wouldn't stick for some reason. I'll try again tomorrow.
I had my surgery nearly 4 weeks ago. My stoma isn't recessed in itself, but the stomach around it sort of creates a crater with the stoma in the middle. I am suffering from pancaking. Not to the extent it escapes the seal entirely, but does get on my skin. I am seeing the stoma nurse in a few days, and this video was really helpful as to what the solution might be.
@@sydneystoma385 Thanks corresponding. Can I be cheeky and ask quick question? My skin around the stoma is very sticky with the adhesive, to the point I can't shave it. Can you use the same spray that you remove the bag with to remove all this residual adhesive on the skin?
There is a ring that is like gummy paste that you stretch to the size of your stoma. You put that ring around the stoma first and then the bag. It prevents any leaks. It comes off with the spray. You will love having it bc you don’t need to wear a belt at all.
Thanks for this video! I think I would benefit from a convex bag, and will try it. I have had my stoma for a little over a year. It all started when I got Covid.
I use a convex Hollister drainable two piece, but I also find a seal washer as well works wonders and I get no leaks at all. I also never use creams or powders, I only ever use warm water and never get problems. The Hospital used to use a cream and a powder on me and they always leaked. Just stick to plain old warm water.
Thank you for your videos. They’ve answered more questions for me than most of the other videos I’ve watched. Do you wear the belt 24/7? I notice you attach the belt differently to me. I have the little hook showing from behind/under the hole tab (hope that makes sense). All the best for Christmas 2023 and the New Year. 🎉
Hi, sorry for the delay, yeah i would say i wear it mostly 24/7. I dont think it matters which way the belt clips on, as long as it does the job all good. I am glad my videos have been of some help. Happy New Year
Hi Nina. Thank you very much for watching. Yes I always use a closed bag, my output is too thick to use a drainable. I can go a couple of days with the same bag. So most of the time I only need to change my bag once a day.
My son is quadriplegic he first had a colostomy. No problems. Then 15 years later after years of Foley catheter he got a ileostomy but that surgery caused a fistula 2 1/2 years later still all 3. There is no product out there that works the ileostomy and fistula overlap so if one leaks u have to change both
I am sorry to hear that, that must be difficult to deal with and unfortunately I have no advice I can provide for you, fistulas are awful and so complex to deal with as a suffer and for the medical experts.
Thanks so much for the demonstration, I already use the convex bags but I was still getting some leakage, now I use the belt and it does help, my out put is very watery and my stoma lies flush with my skin, no overhang at all, I’m constantly getting acid burns (extremely painful) so thanks for the extra information… 1 question though, why don’t you use barrier rings? I use a 2mm ring and the acid still penetrates that too. Should I try without the barrier ring?
I have never felt the need to use barrier rings. I have tried them just to see what they are about and found them no use for me whatsoever. But we are all different. Do you have a Colostomy or ileostomy? My output is thick and not acid heavy.
I will have colostomy surgery sometime this year. My rectm and anus will not be removed. I will discuss with the surgeons whether they wil make a loop colostomy or an end colostomy with a recatal stumo, The loop will have a mucus fistula, which should decrease any rectal discharge. I guess it kind of depends how much of the rectum is left with how much discharge there might be. I've been told it can be from once a week to twice a month, so it's not something you should be massively worried about. Someone told me they rinse out their anus when they shower and that takes care of it. Others wear panty liners, just in case. It wouldn't be so much you'd soil yourself beyond the panty liner, or so I've been told.
Hi Alex. I have done a video on how much supplies I take on holiday, I have done a video on going in water with an ostomy, and I have done a video on tips for ostomies in hot weather. What tips are you after and I will do my best to help.
I got two questions. Have you ever traveled for vacation with the stoma? If yes, was it easy to go on vacation? My other question is can you go on a roller coaster or any other rides with a stoma?
Yes I travel on holidays abroad and in my own country. Last year I went to Tunisia. No issues with airport security, no issues with pressure on the airplane. I took a reasonable amount of supplies with me. Everything was fine. In relation to rolloercoasters again absolutely no issues. I even go on fast water chutes and no issues.
Sydney Stoma wow living with a stoma must not be bad after all. Before you had your surgery, did you think this wasn’t gonna transform your life at all? Like how did you feel when you knew you were gonna go in for surgery to get a stoma?
@@jimnightowl2992 my life before the stoma was dreadful, I couldnt go out for long, work was was difficult. Everytime I did go out I had to work out where the nearest toilets would be. Having a stoma changed my life, it gave me my life back. I researched a lot about having a stoma before I made the decision, I decided my life couldnt get any worse so made the decision to have it. It was the best decision I made. Everybody will have different experiences, but its without doubt a positive for me.
@@jimnightowl2992 way too many. About 15 to 18 years. The last five or six years of that were the worst. Then in the five years before stoma surgery i had 20 surgical operations in five years. I was constantly in hospital. However since having stoma surgery i have not been in hospital once. I had the stoma surgery in 2017.
Hi gina. These are closed bags, so they don't get emptied as such. I change the bag and put the old one in the bin. Some bags are drainable so they do open and you empty the waste. However my output is slow and thick so drainables are no good for me.
