Okay so this last thirty days I've gone through my supplies rapidly for some strange reason. My output is either so liquidity that it seeps through the wax barrier ring or it's almost solid to where it pushes the wax ring and the phalange part up slightly causing a leak. I've had a fairly healthy diet since coming home from the hospital and physical rehab but there's no in between some days and I'm just frustrated. Especially since rn I'm not using my desired ostomy supplies (holister). I'm sadly having to use the tester coloplast single ones that I received from the physical rehab but they hardly last a day cuz they don't wish to stick really. Even if I apply adhesive remover, clean the area really well and prep my skin. Each time one pops off during the night when I sleep and makes a large mess and destroys my sensitive skin because of the barrier extenders I have to use on it or it won't stick at all and slight damage from the coloplast it's self. I only have two left and I sadly don't get my supplies until this Monday, the 17th. The only place I can get my supplies is an hour and a half away (it's a darling little pharmacy that specializes in this stuff) because no where else except in the big city like Omaha has my supplies but I dont wish to waste most of my day going back and forth between home and Omaha. I'd contact my wound nurse/doc but sadly they won't be able to get me the supplies I need since it's not common in my town for ostomy stuff, that explains the long travel. Am I stressing too much?
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