I am relatively new to bags since I had one installed last Sept., like an idiot I had a large meal before going to bed. About three in the morning I felt the bag and it was as tight as a football. Well being so sleepy I decided just to burp it while lying on my back. When I did the whole bag basically blew off causing a landside of lava poop all on the bed. I was fortunate to have pads for spiils so I got up cursing everything in the Universe, changed the sheets and learned a lesson.
hawk
May 12, 2015 8:40 pm
Immarsh
May 12, 2015 8:59 pm
Hi Hawk,
Been there, done that, more than once, and I have my ostomy for more than 50 years.. You would think I'd know better. But sometimes, the pouch is so full that I'm afraid to even bend to get out of bed. Sooo, I live dangerously....hold onto the spout, and let the air out from there...
....And yes,,,I've had accidents that way too.... but more often in the bathroom... Sigh... I still think it beats pooping in one's pants, which I did many times, before having the surgery....
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Ewesful
May 13, 2015 12:57 am
it happens to all of us and it probably will again -- I tried to sit up before learning how to move sideways when getting up with it and had a similar release of the bag from the skin --- another learning curve!
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NJ Bain
May 13, 2015 3:53 pm
Sh*t happens.....Literally. Eventually you will adjust to when its safe to burp or how to. I try my best to not eat 5 hours before I sleep but then I wouldn't be going to bed until 11 and have to be up by 4. But I love beer and we all know how gassy beer is at the other end. I've gone as far as laying down on the bathroom floor, arching my back up and letting the air out through the drainable part of the pouch. It's hysterical to watch.
So if I eat within a time frame a few hours before I crash, I'll either set an alarm to wake me up around the time my stoma starts filling my pouch or if I'm lucky, my internal time clock wakes me up.
Not to mention, the dreams I have when I need to use the restroom, and in the dream, there is always something wrong with the bathroom like its filthy or flooded or something. It always makes me laugh when I wake up. Just my 2 cents worth.