Swimming with a Stoma - Tips & Product Recs

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Tink75
Aug 26, 2017 12:26 pm

Hi again!

I have only had my stoma for a little over 8 years and am still trying to figure things out after years of staying away from certain things for fear of the appliance leaking. One of those things is swimming.

My appliance doesn't like to stay on when it gets wet so I have been avoiding swimming. But I love swimming. Does anyone else have this issue? What do you do to avoid it coming off? That's my fear...that I will get it wet and it will fall off.

Incidentally...is there such a thing as a small athletic bag that hides the fact that I have it from the public?

Thanks for reading and I hope I get some replies!

Allie

xnine
Aug 26, 2017 1:16 pm

For extra protection, use barrier strips from Coloplast. I have used waterproof tape, but the strips are more comfortable. I usually do not do anything extra and stay in the water for about an hour with no problems. I find sweat to be more of a problem than the pool or ocean.

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Tink75
Aug 26, 2017 2:40 pm

Lol, I thought I was the only one whose sweat takes off their appliances, lol!

Thanks for the advice. I use barrier strips on the ends of my water to extend its wear, but I was thinking that if I put them on top of the whole appliance, it will create a waterproof barrier.

carlos77
Aug 28, 2017 1:42 pm

Safe Seal is very reliable.

Tink75
Aug 28, 2017 3:31 pm

Where do you go to get that?

 

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Newbie Dana
Aug 28, 2017 6:19 pm

Try AquaSeal from Costa Medical. Works great for me!

vikinga
Aug 28, 2017 6:25 pm

I'm sorry... uh... 8 years with your "sodomy"?.... cough... cough... lol

butch-c
Aug 28, 2017 9:37 pm

Allie, your spell check is making you immortal. ROFL
You ought to get that "sodomy" malaprop put on a bronze plaque.
Jay Leno would pay zillions to get a spell check to do that for his
stand-up monologues. Thanks for the jolly chuckle.

Tink75
Aug 28, 2017 10:33 pm

Where would I get that? Do they have a website? I will look into it...thanks for the advice!!!

Teramis
Aug 30, 2017 5:36 am

I've heard good things about AquaSeal too. That's a two-piece system: the stoma seal goes directly against your skin (around the stoma), and the AquaSeal goes around the base of your wafer. The two adhere together, forming a waterproof seal that sandwiches the wafer in.

There is a good YouTube video about it, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M569qikF1f8

Mrs.A
Sep 01, 2017 7:20 pm

Love my Sure Seal rings!! Never leave home without them.

http://alpglobal.com/Sure-Seal-TM-Rings.html