Hello everyone! This is my first post and I hope I can get some helpful answers for a question I have. Just tonight before bed, I have been having looser stool than usual. My bag fills up pretty fast with this. I have always had applesauce texture until now. Does anyone know why this is happening now? And to see if it helps, I took an Imodium like I would with my ileostomy. All of this is a long story on how I came to a colostomy.
Thanks everyone.
Mindy
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Alex has the most probable answer to this phenomenon, but it may also be to do with how much you drink. However, the consistency of mine changes even when I'm eating the same stuff on a daily basis. Sometimes I think the changes are to make sure that we don't forget to focus on the stoma, rather than get on with other things more important in life!
Best wishes
Bill
I have an ileostomy so I know nothing about output from a colostomy. My output is never the same except from my morning coffee - one cup in, two cups out. As Bill has said, I think these stomas are just attention-getting devices - they seem to keep us aware of what we eat and drink and occasionally what we forget to chew well!
Thank you everyone for your input. After taking the Imodium and sitting upright for a few hours because I'm paranoid about leaking, things are back to normal so far. You all are awesome and I'm glad I found this forum.