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I'm so upset-every week or so my bag blows out the side,bottom even the top!! Only @ night!! i don't know what to do. I use extra tape (waterproof), I only eat very minimally -I have my bag changed every 4 days. I do take a bath every other day, could that be it? Help me😦😡

I am trying to find out how long everyone had to wear diapers after their surgeries. my boyfriend had an ileostomy and is still having issues with anal leakage. he is still in diapers 8 weeks post surgery. please help

I have had a leak a day since my bday (dec 26. A leak was not a fun bday gift!) I usually use the opaque beige one piece trainable pouch hollister. But I tried convatec's simular version. Both have leaked. I change my pouch daily now because each pouch doesn't last even 24 hours before leaking. My output is normal amount and texture so what gives? 

I have been having a terrible problem with my appliance leaking. I have been seeing an ostomy nurse but to no avail. I have two "dips" on each side of my ileostomy. That is where the leaks occur. I am currently wearing Convatec durahesive wafers and pouches. I have tried other pouches, one pieces and used Eakin cohesive seals in whole and in pieces put into the dips. Sometimes I am having to change appliances a couple of times a day. I used to be able to keep them on a week at a time. The biggest change is that I have gained weig...

Four weeks ago, my husband suffered a ruptured diverticulitis and ended up with a sigmoid colostomy. He is thin build (after 10 days of ice chips only)...really thin, and his stoma is basically almost flush with his skin. Every appliance we have tried since surgery, has leaked. If the whole wafer doesn't come off unexpectedly, or when we change it, there is a patty of stool under the wafer on his skin that has caused skin break down to the point of bleeding. We have tried Convatec, but he has an allergy to that tape; Hollister sent a conve...

     Whats the best tips to stop leaks???

Hi folks, I have been watching and reading this site for a couple of months now.  I had my surgery (ileostomy for crohns disease) in Oct 2010 and spent about 6 weeks in hospital. The prblem is that everytime I go shopping or go anywhere my bag seems to spring a leak out from under the seal about 1-2 hours after leaving home.  I wear a hollister one piece and the only thing I can think of is the heat of wearing clothes and moving around. At home I am normally wearing loose clothes.  I'm in Australia so at the ...

My mom has a recessed stoma which is situated in a crease in her belly. No matter what I have tried, her appliance keeps leaking. I’m using the Hollister barrier rings and it helps but it doesn’t stop the leakage. I use half of a ring to mold into the creases on both sides of the stoma and then I apply a whole ring on top of that. Then I put the appliance on top of that and use a hair dryer to warm everything up to get a good adhesion. Her stool still gets under the bag causing pancaking which causes the appliance to leak. I do...

This is the 3rd time since Monday. It goes under the seal.  Then leaks out the wafter. Then when I take it off there is clumps and then it flows out, What am I doing wrong

Any ideas on how to stop this leakage problem I have developed after 32 years with an ileostomy? I have gained weight but just all of a sudden my ostomy appliance will leak day I change or next day? I used to get 6 to 7 day wear time with torbot facepalte ,and sealtite gasket,eakin ring and paste now I"m lucky to get one day if that! I have a dip now on left side of stoma and my stoma has always been flush.I went to stoma nurse, she helped me 32 years ago and also has ileostomy, but It just is not fixing my leaks,she told me try Holli...

This morning's gastrografin enema did not show any leaks from the colon reattachment   I had developed an infection 3 weeks ago in the stoma incision and was postponed. The infection has since cleared up and peristomal skin is healthy. I've been given a thumbs up (ha ha) to proceed with closure of the loop ileo. I should be back on the operating table in a couple weeks depending on the surgeon's schedule. ((((positive vibes))) Fable

Hi, I  am a recent double bagger. and I am having a hard time keeping my Urostomy bag from having blowouts, right at the crease in my skin t 9 o'clock. It seem like there is less time between blowouts now I am changing my Hollister bag at least once a day. I am using the paste but its not working, and I'm wondering if maybe its my close are to tight????? any suggestions will help Thank you Rose

My wife does her best to help me change my, and even used the paste around the bag to try prevent a leak. Yet, 3 hours later I would spring a leak between the bag and my skin. I am very frustrated by this. What can I do to fix this annoying problem?

Hey So i had my surgery 9 weeks ago ive been back to work for 2 weeks,Im so paranoid about my bag,it leaking,people seeing it etc. I dont sleep constantlty thinking its gonna leak everywhere, I fell like im going crazy. Any thoughts, comments   Thanx

Hi guys, Since I had my urostomy in March I've tried a few kinds of bags and most of time they work OK but once in a while they let go of my skin without any obvious cause or warning. The stoma nurses have been very helpful offering different kit and advice but I'm getting the impression they are getting a bit exasperated with me and my wilful ways.  Actually I don't have a deep seated desire to spring a leak in public places and am not trying to sabotage their efforts. I put the bags on apparently the same way each time and s...

I have had an ileostomy for just over 40 years.  I really had no issues for a long time, other than a hernia about 20 years ago. The last few years I have been having trouble with leaks, blow outs etc.  Has gotten much worse each year and now I can rarely go even 24 hours without changing my pouch.  My new normal seems to be twice a day or more.  I know I have another hernia which is part of the issue, and hope to see a doctor when covid eases up a bit.  Another issue is my stoma has shrunk and the opening is now a...

so guys aint been on time haha as ive been too busy not thinking about this bag as it causes me no probs whatsoever now! so i was sat in the house pissed off about leaks etc tried the whole holding 30 seconds etc and still to no avail! so i was in the local supermarket looking at some "Olive oil" for the pans as i was cooking a stir fry.. anyway desperate as i was changed my bag cut it etc and put a drop of olive oil in the bag wushed it round to act as a lubricant.. i do this every time and guess what no leaks! I went for a carvery the ot...

Hello, I got a Colostomy on June 30,2014 as I had obstructed colon probably caused by radiation I had from my Anal Cancer. I had many issues with it, leaking etc..and my skin became raw as could be. I had a Second Operation the week of Thanksgiving. The surgeon made my stoma larger and raised what he could however I'm still having leakage problems on the bottom area. Because of this, my skin around it is totally raw once again. I have to change  my device everyday at least one time a day. I've purchased so many different kinds of...

I have had my urostomy since 1980 and over the years I have gained weight and now there is a very deep crease right across the middle of my stoma and it is leaking.  I am having to change it sometimes every one to two days and I am getting quite frustrated.  Has anyone tried the Convatec Disposable Insert and if so how do you size it.  My stoma is 3/4 inch.  And if you have tried it how is it working for you?  Any other suggestion as to what I should try would be greatly appreciated. &...

I am having the most awful time with leaks!  I've tried almost every ring or paste product I can find, and I still can't keep a pouch on for more than two days.  I have an ileostomy, so my output is pretty watery.  Even when I use both a rind and the paste I end up with a leak.  I'm getitng a bit discouraged.  Any tips?

Hello,   im very new on here.  I am hoping someone can help me.  I'm feeling rather desperate.   I have a permanent ileostomy.  I had the surgery in 2018.  This was due to a 7 year battle with ulcerative colitis.   Anyway, I started working out (aerobic exercise) twice a day for 45 min.  This has started me getting diarrhea which leads me to dehydration.  It also leads to leaking.  I've been having to change my pouch every day to every 2 days and all around my stoma it's bleeding. &nb...

HI ThERE I JUST HAD AN END ILEOSTOMY DONE ON 7TH SEPT 2010 HAD EVERYTHING TAKEN AWAY PLEASE CAN SOMEONE HELP ME MY BAG KEEPS LEAKING AND WHEN STOMA MOVES I GET PAIN BEHIND IT THAMKS ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED

I really hope someone can help me solve this problem; my doctors have not been able to!  in 2009 I had a sub-total colectomy with ileo-anal anastamosis.  I had too many BM's per day (really sore, bleeding) so I had to go to an end ileostomy.  I hate living with an ileostomy (I guess no one likes it) and I am always so "aware" of the feeling of the bag hanging down from my belly!  On top of that problem, every morning; for about the first 3 hours I am out of bed . . . . I keep having a water...

Hello I was told in October 211 that my colostomy was temporary. Now my surgeon tells me he can't not reverse it. I desperately need help controlling leakage. Sometimes the wafer only lasts one day. I thought I could live with it because it was temporary.. but if it is for life I need help! I should say my stomach is not flat. My stoma is sitting in a fold. Does that make sense? How long can you wear the wafer before changing it

Hi Folks, sweede here, It was put to me after reasearching hydrocollides, that there is a new innovation from Salts Healthcare, and i have to admit is an ingenious solution for leaks and peristomal skin irritations due to waste touching the skin, i have decided to share this information with you if i may.....I will post the product description in full. Red, sore and itchy skin could be a thing of the past, thanks to a novel new product from Salts Healthcare. Dermacol is a unique stoma collar that provides a leakproof barrier around the ...

Cant seem to get this under control. I'm using a Holister 2 piece, adapt ring, and it's always leaking. I had 4 nurses already trying to remindy this situation. They first had me put the ring in the flange, now they tried the ring molded to the stoma on the skin, IDK what to do? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. 

My husband has a colostomy and recently had to change from Hollister (due to flange leakage) to Convatec closed end with filter bags. About every other bag is leaking thru the filter. When I called Convatec and told them about the problem, the rep acted like she had never heard of this happening. Thinking this was a bad lot, she sent replacement bags. Unfortunately, those bags have leaked also. We tried putting the little stickers over the filter and even used duct tape, but both have leaked...ruining some good white shirts.  &nb...

My daughter, age 10, is a recent ostomate (ileostomy). We have had a lot of trouble finding the best appliance for her due to size, activity level, and spotty home health nurse help. We're waiting for our first order of what we think is the best system, and meanwhile are making due with samples that the home health nurses can bring to us. The main problem is that they keep leaking at night/early morning while she is sleeping. We wake up to a nasty mess that requires 45 minutes of clean up, etc. The leaks seem to occur underneath the barrie...

I am having a nightmare. Ever since I have had the bag fitted it has leaked every single day. I have to change the bag sometimes four times a day. It leaks at night when I am asleep. I have to wash my clothes every day. I have been given different bags, rings, extenda tape, tablets, sachets and powder to spray on but nothing works. Please, someone must have suffered this, any ideas much appreciated.

My bag is leaking alot especially at night I have tried stoma paste, seals any help would be greatfully appreciated.

My worse fear... And it happened! Twice in one flight! Talk about your bad luck!

I curruently use the Hollister brand wafers and had surgery for ileostomy in October 2012.  My stoma has shrunk in both diameter and length and recently I noticed leakage problems around stoma.  I have not been using the wax ring but if anyone could give me feed on wax ring and how to counter this leaking problem.  The leakage is not getting outside the wafer but it is starting to irritate my skin.

How do you handle this situation? I had my first leak but I was at home. Freaked me out. What if I was out and about, not near home, no bathroom near by? 

Any tips on how to keep the seal from leaking?? A seal and bag used to last 5 days - now I'm lucky if I can get 3 days out of it before it leaks. I had breast cancer and went thru chemo, radiation, and surgery and I gained some weight. It seems the seal isn't sticking right. I used the paste where the leak seemed to be but it doesn't work. Any ideas??

Hi all, I have been using Hollister CeraPlus Tape Free Flange and the pouch that goes with it for at least 7 years...It is great for me as my skin  does not do  well with tape collars Over the past few months I have started to get leakage where the pouch snaps onto the flange; I can actually see it seeping out between the connection (only on the southern end of the conneciton - I guess due to gravity?)...while not a major leak it is extremely frustrating.  I have been able to work around it by putting some  Stomahesi...

wish my stomache wasnt so big!one consultant says i have pastorial hernia another one says i havnt! dont know where i stand! my tummy opposite my stoma looks bigger than the stoma half, i leak every day bit not from stoma, its either the (wee pipe) thats been left in after surgery or its coming from my vagina, but i cant tell which it is! anyone else have this problem? going 2 see consultant again next friday, hoping to sort it once and for all!

ConvaTec vs Hollister My first leak under the flange happened today.  Others have talked about their leak problems.  I haven't had any leaks or blowouts - ever.  Several people have talked about ConvaTec products and liked them - so I tried it.  With my third flange - today I had poo slip under the flange to the outer edge of the tape.  I found it before any mess but I won't use it any more.  I am returning to my standard ...  Hollister two piece. Tried - didn't like...

The biggest and nastiest issue I have is leakage while I am asleep! I’ve had my ileostomy since 2010 and this is the reason I refuse to sleep beside anyone and possibly leak on them!! I’ve tried eating earlier/less, not eating, but food goes through me in 2-4 hours while awake and it pours out right at daylight everytime! I get 2 days of weartime usually but this can happen at any time and has at any time. Any tips or suggestions would really be appreciated. 

I have a urostomy bag. I used to change my bag every 4/5 days. For some reason I don't know why, its leaking thru the bandage part right close to the ring. Its a one piece from hollister, with a wafer. In the last three days I've used 4 bags. I don't know why the sudden change. Has anyone else experienced this. The bags stick to me like glue, it hurts to take them off twice a day, even every other day is making my skin red. Any ideas, thanks teal.

It is widely known that Convatec bags filter leaks in the presence of soft or liquid stools. The only answer Convatec provided was to close the filter, or not to wet the filter. This has not resolved the well known issue of filter leakage. The only way is to use a flushable internal liner inside the bag. This will almost eliminate the problem, and reduces costs, as you use much  less  expensive Convatec bags, than   relativly cheap liners

Hello, everyone! I have had my urosotmy for 2 1/2 years. I often have leaks in the middle of the night and wake up with soaked sheets. Any advice on how to get these leake to stop?

Hello there. I had a colostomy a month ago, and my surgical wound wasnt healing so they put a vac therapy on it. It's a Smith & Nephew vac. The problem is with my abdomen wound, my tummy isnt very flat, and I have a crease at the very bottom. This is where the seal keeps leaking. I feel dreadfull having to constantly call the nurses out every day, sometimes at night too. They are at a loss at what to do and I know beacuse of this its interrupting the healing of my wound. I cant plan to go out anywhere, and im at that stage now where I ...

Hello everyone! So I currently have an ileostomy. I had the surgery on 11/29/18, prior to that I had a colostomy for 5 months. I had my rectum removed and a foot of my colon removed and given the ileostomy while everything heals (they connected the remainder of my colon down to my anus). I've had normal mucus secretions from my anus but this time it was really pink and I also wiped and saw their was a stich. As anyone else experiences this as well or something to he concerned about?

I have had an ostomy bag for a little over a year, and within the last 2 weeks I have had leakage comng from my annus and a lot of gas. Has anyone ever experienced this?  

Recently I've gone from 5-7 days wear time with no problems to leaking from all sides of the wafer and changing 2 times/day. I've noticed that my stoma has become very recessed. I wear a Hollister 2 piece system with a drainable pouch. I have gained about 20-30 pounds since my surgery nearly 3 years ago. It looks like everything is backing up, rather than going down into the pouch.  HELP! This situation makes me feel very discouraged and definitely NOT SEXY to my new husband, but he is an absolute doll about everything!

I never had ulcers under my wafer until I had my stoma relocated to the upper part of my abdomen. ( It had been down just above my blet line)  Now I have had about 7 in the last year. I think I found a way to fix it with a combination of latex barrier, transparent film and an ostomy belt worn at night.  Never had to do this years ago. < > I know that I am not the first. tell me whay you have done to prevent future ulcers. < >

hi yall ill be 17 years old next month. this stuff is very new to me. 4/13/18 i had a surgery due to a mass on my appendix and had holes in my intestines. they removed my appendix and parts of my intestines. about a week after my surgery the incision began to leak, which turns out to be an infection. dr realized my bowels separated and put a wound vac on due to previous surgery+ decided to give me an illeostomy. i was in the hospital for 2 weeks with no issues, all the sudden, i get home today and my bags are leaking uncontrollably. ive ch...

Been wearing a bag for six weeks, not having any problem with leakage until the last week or so.  I can get up in the night to empty it and it's as though the glue has  given away and the bag comes off.  Also the cold weather started about the same time, could that be the reason making it not stick properly.  The bags were new when I started using them.  It has happened several times in the middle of the night, one time again 4 hours later.  Another time during the day at a park where we stopped to have lunch....

Dodes anyone have trouble with leaking with the Sensura Mio? I’ve had an ostomy  for 6 mos. and a rash for 4 of those months. I tried the Sensura Mio and the rash went away, but I’m having small leaks around stoma and I don’t know that it has leaked til I take the bag off. Then there is some skin irritation.. I love this bag except for the leaks.

I have had a stoma for over a year but I now find I have clear fluid coming out my bottom now and again does anyone else have this and is it normal I feel like I want to go to the toilet normally. Thanks for any help as I'm getting worried.

so ive been with a colostomy coming up on 2 years in august, and ive lost over 80lbs since i began using Convatec wafer 411804 and bag 401503, they have usually lasted me 4-5 days  but they are now only lasting me 12-16 hours and then leaking out of the side, this is VERY VERY frustrating... i cannot say my job is the problem because ive worked since february with my colostomy and never had an issue until now, i do not use adhesive remover as it absorbs into my skin and makes wafers fall off, i completely clean around the stoma until...

Hi friends ..    I have had an an ostomy for about 5 years now.  I've had issues every once and a while as we all do.. But the last few months, I've started to have severe leaking , which iOS not only painful, but it's causing me to run out of supplies. It's also really taking a toll on my quality of life.   I have recently switched insurance companies and drs, and don't have an Ostomy nurse yet.   As an example, I went to Disneyland this weekend with a friend for the holiday weekend, and this morning I had a ban...

I was wondering if anyone can help me with this. I have an Iliostomy and an a deep indentation on one side. I use the the stomahesive paste but I still have leakege problems from time to time.

Hi I'm papa, I have recently been released from hospital, with a brand new ileoconduit. I am having a real hard time with the wafer seal. Doing what and how I was shown. The longest I have gone without a change is four days, But usually it can be 2 to 4 times daily. A real pain, and uses up supplies real fast. I have tried various products, but no help so far. I'm hoping someone out there, has had this problem, and has conquered it. I would be very grateful for any suggestion. HELP ME!   Thanks so much. PAPA.

Help, my adult daughter had to change her whole appliance 4 times today.  After the first change it leaked, as did the 2nd & 3rd time.  She just did again now (midnight).  She has an ileostomy.  She ate some salad last night and we don't know if that is the problem.  Will she just have to wait til it gets all out?  Anything like this happen to anyone?  Thanks.  Gerry

So the reason I didn't reverse my colostomy was because of uncontrollable diarrhea.  I was happy to have a life again.  The rectal vault was completely inactive and I clean it twice a year. 2004-2006 I had severe fistulating crohn's disease. Forward 5 years.  I was camping this weekend and my rectal pouch decided to flush mass amounts of clearish/yellow fluid, especially when my bladder was the littlest amount full.  It slowed down and stopped after 2 days.  My stoma was flushing high vol...

First I want to say Hello all Ostomates,I'm having alot of trouble with my system and every system i've tried,I have a inverted stoma on the bottom only and its out on the top. I've had my colostomy for about 15 months and I will have it forever ( lucky me) I thought I found the perfect bag a one piece from nu-hope made to my stoma ,to my suprise it cost 239.00 for ten bags there is no way I can afford these does anyone have any suggestions? I never get three days doesn't matter what I do and my skin is just aweful,always burns.

Hi everybody, As always, apologies if this is a stupid question. However.... On Tuesday I am flying out to Portugal, which will be my first overseas holiday since getting my Ileostomy three years ago, so something of a landmark for me. When I booked the holiday the expected temperature over there was in the mid to late 20's celsius (on average about 77 degrees fahrenheit), nothing I haven't experienced before, so not a problem. However, I gather September is now expected to be unseasonably hot over there, with the temperature being ar...

I have a question that I am hoping someone can answer for me.  I first had a "straight-thru" (small intestine hooked directly to anus) sub-total colectomy done in 2009.  this didn't work out for me because I was having 15-20 bowel movements per day with lots of "butt-burn."  I decided that I had to have an ileostomy and had it done in Nov. 2010.  Actually ever since the sub-total colectomy I have a "morning leakage problem."  When I get up in the morning I am c...

I'm a relatively new Ostomate... Colostomy Sept 2019 changed to an Ileostomy Jan 14 2020.  For 2 months with my new ileostomy I was doing ok, trying different procucts to meet the need of a highly liquid & at time high volume output. About a month ago after regaining about 5 pounds quickly I started having leaks... Before when I had a Colostomy with a thick output I rarely had leaks... a few but nothing I couldn't handle until the weight gain (I was using a flange I really liked with a collar to fit aroung my oval stoma) now I ...

So it's been a long time since I've posted on here but I feel my experience yesterday was worthy of sharing. Since the end of last year I have been getting more and more into my fitness. Firstly by starting to run - parkrun is fantastic for this and highly recommended and then by joining a gym in January, which I attend 3 times a week, once with a personal trainer. This is not something I would have believed possible a couple of years ago. I believed that because of my ileostomy that my days of physical activity were behind me. Yesterday...

I was using the Hollister bag with the folding Velcro closure and with an eakins ring and last night it felt very itchy but I change/remove my bags in the a.m. when my gut is more "asleep." So upon waking, I go to change it and omg....Well I figured there was some pancaking as I could kinda see it before removal (the bag was that beige semi transparent stuff so you can see darker areas where stool is) and omg...the entire eakins seal area was an amalgation of sticky eakins stuff and poop. I had to scrub my poor tender skin in the shower to...

Hi there I am new to this. Have a question about flange to skin. I have been leaking at night like crazy. it pulls off in the middle of night no matter what i do, paset or no paste. any tips? im concerned my stoma doesnt come out far enough to clear the hole when i sleep. anyone else suffer this?

I had the occasional problems with leakage.  I was referred to Coloplast Consumer Care at 1-855-430-9500. They told me about their new products that are covered by insurance/Medicare. They sent me MANY samples, and when I wanted to try something else, they were glad to send me something else. Most helpful people.  For people with no insurance in the US, ask them for freebee sites.  Especially UOAA.org.  They have great customer care and treat you with respect and know what it going on for all these prosthetics.  I ...

I am struggling with leakage behind the barrier of my urostomy pouch.  I have indentations at 3:00 and 9:00 and a retracted stoma, which is allowing urine to pool up.  I have tried just about every pouch on the market, and nothing has worked.  The barrier rings all melt away in a day.  I have seen WOCN nurses at 2 different hospitals and the best they could come up with was to have my stoma surgically relocated.  I have had it for 4 l/2 years, and the stoma is working well.  Help!

I have no idea why I'm leaking everyday and no longer getting wear time. I was doing good, 4 days. Same routine. I use Hollister 2 piece, convex, as I have a loop Ileo. Rings don't work but paste was. Stoma size has not changed. Wear a belt. Tried the brava strips. Got a little more wear time. Spoke with Hollister and they recommended a one piece as it's more flexible. Got a day and a half. Now I'm trying the contectec mold able.  Is it ok to change every 2 days? As that is how things seem to be going.? I can't see my nurse for 2 wee...

I am new just 2 weeks my colostomy bag seems to leak at night time I have an incision right next to it. I am using convatec with skin barrier and powder by the area which is red.  I am using eco seal.  I have an innie stoma.  I dry off wait till dry and set up my bag with wafer and eco seal.  I have a belt that connects to the bag.  I am at a loss can't sleep because afraid it will leak into the wound.  Is there anything I should avoid eating should I not eat at night time sometimes I pick