Hi there. I seem to be having a terrible time getting the right fit around my stoma. Twice now when I have cut the wafer thinking it was perfect, my home health nurse has said it was too snug and cut it larger. The problem I have with this is that I then see stool pooling around my stoma and it seems to be too large of a gap. I am currently fighting a problem with skin breakdown around my stoma. Here's my question - how snug of a fit should the wafer be? Home health nurse said to me if it's too snug, I could harm the stoma. Is this true? It seems like I'm doing more harm by having it too loose. She did apply some paste this time around, so I'm hoping it helps some, but again I see the stool just sitting around the gap between the wafer and my stoma. Any advice is appreciated!!
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