Blowout Diverted! Elastic Strips

warrior

Dec 22, 2023 1:45 pm

Coloplast elastic barrier strips #

120700 saved the day. I cannot stress how important it is using these "C" halves, plus a belt.

Let's face it, a morning blowout just isn't the right way to start your day. The poo clearly bypassed the O-ring under the skin and sought refuge under the ring at the strip end, waiting... waiting for an already ballooned bag to pop.

Oh, the thought of chaos now diverted. Snoopy, move aside... let the warrior do his dance...

((Taps playing. 21-gun salute.))

Update 12 hours later just before bedtime -- it blew again but thankfully those elastic C strips were still in place from this morning. Still a fugly sight but contained and held back from those "smileys." Another disaster avoided. I guess I danced my ass off way too much, which caused this rip. Tear... save... whew. 😥😰

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Itsme58

Dec 22, 2023 2:19 pm

Yes, I use those, we call them smileys. Thank you for that descriptive moment, I was like … ah, I remember those moments lol.

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Posted by: iMacG5

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.
I learned over the last few years with the help of lots of folks right here at MAO that I could be better at living just by accepting some facts. It is what it is and so what? It’s not the worst thing to happen to a person.
I think everything is, in some way, related to everything else. I just put the ostomy thing in the back seat and drive forward.
Respectfully,
Mike

Beachboy

Dec 22, 2023 2:58 pm

Tales of Christmas cheer come in all varieties. Whether it be a cool gift or a diverted crappy morning, Coloplast saves warriors' day.

Step aside, Snoopy....

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Jayne

Dec 22, 2023 4:35 pm

Yep

These 'extension adherence' smilies are helpful on various occasions, particularly when one is treating skin that can have no adherence to it. For example, when we need to protect our stoma skin while having treatments to allow it to grow again in the healing phase after other conditions:

These 'extension adherence' smilies can be positioned all around the bag adherence part and thus make a non-sticking bag (for whatever reason) still function as a collecting bag and ensure a 'safe' seal when the immediate area around the stoma is compromised.

Also, as a side note, even if the product has 'sensitivity issues' for some folks' skin, it can be used a distance away from the 'sensitized' abdominal skin for periods of time to extend and give security further away from our 'normal' appliance sticking circle area.

Very useful to have these in stock, even if not used regularly. They are also an 'extra' 'fail-safe' device when traveling long journeys, helping to prevent/overcome the "unexpected."

Best wishes,

Jayne

warrior

Dec 22, 2023 5:11 pm

💃🕺Oh yeah..🕺💃🤦‍♂️

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Jayne

Dec 22, 2023 6:36 pm

Love your choice of profile name.

And yes, I too, think of the product [manufactured by more than one brand] as Smilies - for that is just what they result in!

Season's waves

Jayne

Itsme58

Dec 22, 2023 7:16 pm

Thank you, Jayne. I used to be Sunshine58, but this one fits better.

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