So yesterday I decided to do something I had planned to do in the summer, but due to hospital stays and operations, I wasn't able to! I took my little brother to Thorpe Park! For those who don't know, it's a theme park with lots of huge roller coasters! I was a little nervous at first, worrying that my bag would fill up in the queues and I'd have to stop queuing to empty it, or the bars would come down and burst it, but I didn't have that problem at all! We had a really good day and I was so happy that I could get back to being normal. As an extra plus, I came home and my partner had tidied the whole house and cooked dinner! So yesterday was great! But I woke up this morning and my lovely little bag had decided to leak on me and all underneath my wound dressing! Wasn't a very pretty sight for the eyes, ha ha. I gave it a little clean up and changed the dressing myself (a nurse normally does it), didn't want it sitting there getting infected! Luckily, I've got an appointment to see the nurse to get the dressing done today anyway, so she can sort it out for me properly! Felt pretty annoyed that it held up so well yesterday and leaked overnight!!!!
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I bought a waistband from Comfizz, and it held my bag and my dressing down for a day and a half. It cost me just over ten quid, and my bags don't stick at all because there's an inch between the stoma and the scar. However, they do kind of cut my bag capacity down. It doesn't really restrict the flow, but I notice the air in the bag more now. Oh, and mine doesn't leak at night now! It's properly good! I was very impressed!
Hiya, I was thinking about looking into getting a support belt type thing. Lol, I'm constantly worrying about leaks; it's driving me a bit stir-crazy! Ha ha. I always use the supports you can stick around the edge of the bag to help hold it on, but sometimes they don't even stick very much! x
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