I have had my colostomy for about 7 months now. There is no stoma nurse available in my area and I try to find answers to questions by online research. That doesn't always work well and can be very time-consuming. My question is this: How do you keep your flange/barrier clean in between changes? I have terrible issues with pancaking and that tends to leave this very soiled. Even though I can get several days wear out of a bag, as I rinse it often, the flange is very difficult to keep from being very soiled after just a day or two. This causes me stress over odors, leaking, etc. With the constant pancaking, even the area directly under my flange traps the output. Thanks for any suggestions.

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