Hi all -- now I feel initiated
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-- had my first mess/leakage!
Can't truly call it leakage ... more "operator error". Here's what happened.
Woke up about 4:30 am. Didn't have to pee, so just lay there and touched my bag to see how full it was. I could feel a lot of gas. So .... not turning on the side lamp, still in the dark under the covers, I did the burp the bag thing.
Ok -- it didn't register that there may be stools right there over the stoma because I've been lying like that for a while and maybe the stool hasn't had a chance to get into the bag part (my stools are fairly thick).
Along with the gas came some stool. Felt wet. My soiled hand comes away from the bag and touches the sheets. Getting out of bed, I get other parts of the sheets dirty.
Changed my appliance and went back and wiped off the sheets (actually not as much on them as on me). Will do till a sheet change tomorrow. Would have done it right away, but dear Hubby sleeps like the dead.
I know this leakage story is pretty tame but it just made me shake my head at myself ... not looking forward to my first leakage when I'm out of the house!
Anyone else want to share their 'first leakage' story?

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