3 bags full?

Hi, I thought I would share my three favorite bags, which are all great for no leakage and accommodate small, medium, and big output.

My number one bag is the "SALTS BE Confidence Drainable" in black or beige with a flange 13-75mm that sticks very well with no harsh pull-off. I love this bag as it has the little tongue on the poop shoot, making it so easy to empty without output shooting seven ways, and the poop-shoot folds up back into the underside of the bag, making it look even smaller and a good Velcro locking system!

My number two bag is the Oakmed, as it too has a great grab factor and easy peel-off, but also I like the bulbous shape of the bag as it feels great to wear and has a 20-90mm flange, so plenty of grab factor too. The only drawback is that they do not make a drainable bag in this size.

Finally, the big daddy of bags, the "Dansac Nova Easyfold 1 piece Drainable bag," has a 15-90mm flange again and is great if your stoma is sticking out or prolapsed like mine and takes up nearly half the volume of a standard bag. I was lucky my stoma nurse found these as my stoma was getting out of order size-wise and kept having leaks as there was not enough room in the bag for both stone and output! Just so glad I've had these the last few months until I get my operation to put it back in with the hernia behind it pushing it out! I can't wait to get back to the SALTS bags, but in an ideal world, I wish I had the Salts bags but the shape of the Oakmed bags as it would be the perfect combo.

You can look and compare these three bags on my profile as I could not upload them here. 
I also put up a pic of my prolapsed stoma and hernia!!

Not for the faint-hearted.

Hi Panko, I looked at the pic you posted of your prolapse and I can relate. When I had my colostomy, my stoma prolapsed really badly, more than yours. The pain was incredible because nothing could pass through. In the ER, they had to put me under anesthetic twice for the doctor to get it to go back in, but he finally succeeded, avoiding surgery. It didn't happen again, but then I got the ileo, and no problems so far, fingers crossed. I wasn't clear from your post, are you having surgery to correct this and the hernia? I sure hope so, because I can't imagine how difficult it must be to live with it prolapsed like that. As far as being faint hearted, you probably won't find many of us ostomates to be in that category!!

Take care,
Terry

Hi, wow, I could not imagine putting something like that back in with fingers??
Yes, I need an operation as there is also a big hernia behind it, so that needs addressing too.
But first, I need to get the OK from my cardiologist, who I've been referred to, as I was due to have
a minor op last July, but this abnormal ECG came back before the op, so I had to postpone it until my ticker
has been investigated. I've had an angiogram & echogram in November, and last week had a stress test & rest test
and am waiting for the results of all these so I can get this thing back in my body. As I had been taking a medicine since
1987, it caused an oncocytoma tumor on my right kidney that was removed 18 months ago. Then, 12 months ago, I had
another tumor that was a metastasis from my bowel cancer removed, and the surgeon cut my larynx nerve, so it was permanently open.
So, I had no voice for 6 months, only just got one now; that was the op in July to repair my voice box. The kidney was benign, thank God,
and my CT scan results this week for a 3-monthly one was all clear, which it's been since last February 21 when I had a lung op!
I do not have pain with my prolapsed stoma, only when I eat spicy food! But it's a pain in the arse because it takes up half the bag, hence the big Dansac bags.

OMG Panko, you have gone through so much, and are dealing with so much. You are an inspiration with your positive attitude and sense of humour. I don't even want to know what they did to get my prolapse back in and I'm sure glad I wasn't conscious. When I came out of the anesthetic the first time, they said they hadn't succeeded and they were getting another doctor to come who might be able to do it. This other guy came in and took a look at it (there was probably a good five inches of it) and said, "Oh yeah, I can get that back in there!". As I was being put back "under" I heard one of the doctors say "have you got the sugar?". I've heard that plain white sugar is often used to get prolapses to retract. When I woke up, I was covered in very watery red liquid, which the doctor insisted wasn't blood, so what was it? Who knows? Never happened again, but then I got rid of the colostomy and got the ileo soon after. I hope they clear you for your surgery soon.

Terry