A newly-changed wafer/bag/wax ring matched fairly exactly to the wafer cutout:
Often this produces a bit of a 'puffy' white wax ring protruding above the wafer. Is this normal/acceptable/alarming?
I'm starting to think I need to use double rings. I generally do feel a bit of burning under my stoma, and see a thin bit of brown around it.
Thanks,
Riff
riffael
Jan 05, 2022 2:32 am
AlexT
Jan 05, 2022 2:45 am
So you're using a two-piece bag? I presume you mean the white puffy stuff is between your stoma and the edge of your bag cutout?
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About seven years ago, just about every aspect of my life was ostomy related. From the moment I was told an ostomy might be needed until some months down the road I existed as a person afflicted with a colostomy. I feared someone other than my immediate family might find out I had a bag. Ugh! What could be worse? Suppose it filled real fast when I was out with no place to hide and take care of myself. God forbid should it leak in church! Suppose I roll over on it in bed. I was a lesser creature, destined to a life of emotional anguish and physical routines different from most of the rest of the world. I felt like a freak. Then I found folks like you guys here, read your stuff, really “listened” to what you had to say and I began looking at things differently. We know perception is everything and I began to understand how good things were relative to what they could’ve been. So many folks had it so much worse than I did. That didn’t make my discomfort go away but it exposed how fortunate I was to be dealing with my stuff and not their’s. I felt a little guilt, maybe selfishness but quickly forgave myself by understanding I just wasn’t smart enough to fix my feelings. Then, I wonder what smarts have to do with feelings. My perception was warped so my perspective toward my existence was warped.
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Respectfully,
Mike
lovely
Jan 05, 2022 7:03 pm
Moisture turns the edge of the cut-out ring white. Is that what you mean?
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AlexT
Jan 06, 2022 11:44 pm
Pretty sure that's just your barrier ring reacting to moisture as it swells to fill in any little gap. I use a one-piece and I'll have that same thing sometimes if I don't get the size just perfect or the barrier ring is not perfectly flush with the bag cutout and some gets "squished between your bag and stoma....if that makes sense. I've never noticed any less wear time or issues.
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