I've been looking at wraps and belts online. Damn, they're expensive! The belts more than the wraps.
My stoma protrudes 0.6 inches, and more with the bag, especially when it has the least bit of gas. I feel the protrusion is semi-obvious. That's what I'd like to minimize.
I'm a jeans and T-shirt type of wench, and I don't wear tight clothes. I'm not normally at all vain; hell, I refuse to wear ten pounds of falsies after my double mastectomy, and I wear a cap instead of a wig for my chemo baldness, same as last time in '96. I'm 61.
But I've only had this thing for four months, and I'm feeling a bit self-conscious.
Many of the offerings are designed for the bag to be worn horizontally. My output is usually a slurry. The level would be up to the edge of my flange in no time compared to a vertical position.
Also, how is the stoma supposed to produce output if it's constricted? That's my real question. Especially if the goods were more solid?
Thanks, I really appreciate your support for a newbie!
Riffael

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