Thanks everyone. I really appreciate you taking the time to respond. I also have a urostomy and am perplexed as to why I'm having difficulties right now. We did try using just a little stone and paste and we also decided to use the same method we use for the urostomy. So far it seems to be working considerably better than it was the way they showed us.
Unfortunately my nurse friend from down the road is on vacation. She's the one that showed me all the tricks for the urostomy. On Saturday, June 13, 2015, Gmail <[email protected]> wrote: > Quadius, I have a Urostomy and had a wound underneath the adhesive part. > That was after playing around with different stoma appliance companies and > brands. > I strongly recommend you talk to, or go see, a stoma nurse. > Every hospital had one and many visiting nursing companies (or > competitors) should have a stoma nurse on staff. > Good luck, Bobbie > > Smile Everyday > > On Jun 12, 2015, at 5:33 PM, Quadius <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > > I hope you guys can help me out. I have had a urostomy for more than three > years now and have no problems with that wafer leaking or urine getting > underneath the wafer. I am, however, having nothing but difficulties with > the colostomy wafer. First thing to note is my urostomy wafer as a small > room on the inside with quite a bit left over to it here to the skin. The > colostomy one, on the other hand, has a lot bigger ring in the middle of > it. I believe it's 57 mm or 2 1/4 inch. > > Have a small indentation at one corner of my stoma and therefore they say > I need stoma paste. We've never had to use this on my urostomy, so were not > sure exactly how much to apply. The last two days we have had the colostomy > wafer leak and it appears like the fecal matter is immediately seeping > under the wafer and compromising the integrity of my skin. Not to mention > it stinks to high heaven. > > Any advice on how you guys do it or suggestions would be welcome. As far > as my urostomy, we basically use two or three skin preps, but they told us > we really didn't need to use them for the colostomy. Last night we decided > to go ahead and use skin prep on the colostomy as well as a little bit of > stoma paste where the intention is on my stoma. > > I want to thank you in advance for the help. Normally I'm able to call on > a nurse friend of mine who lives down the road to help me out, but she's > out of town on vacation right now. > Quadius > >
