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What precautions do you recommend one should take if there is a leakage accident while one is away from home?
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projyal
Nov 25, 2024 1:51 pm
infinitycastle52777
Nov 25, 2024 2:20 pm
Pack a travel bag of supplies. Bring it with you. If you like put in a change of clothes too.
AlexT
Nov 25, 2024 5:07 pm
Have a change of supplies available close by. I'm not saying to carry it everywhere you go, but keep supplies accessible. I leave stuff in my truck and in my bag that I carry to work.
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AL77
Nov 25, 2024 6:21 pm
What happens if your bag leaks at work in the office? If you go into the bathroom to change the bag don’t you need a mirror? What if someone comes in and sees you changing it?
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AlexT
Nov 25, 2024 6:45 pm
I don’t use a mirror even though I have a full wall mirror in my bathroom. I would change it in a stall and not out in the open where others could see. 🤷♂️ Fortunately, in my 3 1/2 years ish of having an ostomy I’ve never needed to change anywhere but home, and the only leaks I’ve really had were while sleeping cause I believe I’ve rolled over on it. 🤷♂️
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Bryce
Nov 26, 2024 4:38 am
AL
1) I use two bags - one traveler / one hospital bag with overnight supplies. Both have a change of clothes.
2) Hollister & Coloplast have small foldable mirrors - sort of like old cell phones.
3) Have had to use stalls in major airports - easily workable and private.
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Axl
Nov 26, 2024 9:03 am
I have a small bag of things in the car and same in my desk at work. I've had two small leaks in eight years at work and just changed it in the crapper, no one needs to know anything.
IGGIE
Nov 26, 2024 12:13 pm
I have a few bags of the items I use and have them not only in the car, but I have also asked my friends that I visit often if I can leave a bag at their place. Also, a change of clothes. I've never had to use them in 3 years. It's a bag you hope you don't have to use. Regards, IGGIE
Missb
Nov 26, 2024 2:23 pm
Can't they raise the stoma? I have had mine since March; it is below the skin because this was an emergency surgery and they didn't have time to bring in a stoma nurse. So now in December, it will be moved a little and raised above the skin. I can't wait; I'm so tired of it burning and bleeding when the output is heavy. I did finally realize that if I pull that side of the skin up and then place the ring barrier, it has helped a lot.