Hi. So here it is the weekend and I woke up in a disaster. When my nurse was here yesterday, she put this ring underneath my flange and said it was to help prevent leaks. The whole time I was in the hospital, not only did I not have one on, but not one nurse showed me this step. I had no idea. But prevent leaks? Ha! Everything was soiled! I am on my own, so here I was trying to clean myself up, then all the bedding and mattress. Now I have the bathroom to tackle before my kids come back so I don't gross them out. Ring or no ring? I don't have one on right now because I was so panic-stricken I could barely get the flange on. I am not in a good place right now and am starting to doubt my decision to finally go ahead with the surgery. Better quality of life they said. I don't feel that right now. I am 10 days after surgery.
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