Draining tips

Okay bikerboy here.In my brief 22 months I learned I few do's and dont's of draining my bag.For the faint of heart dont read any further.These are for home or away.At home my R.V. is nice the toilet is like an outhouse.open the seat ,unclip,swing out,and drop.Nice no mess, wipe,drop and flush.But in public there are some different rules.I do a test flush and if the water keeps flushing great same as home but keep the handle flushing and use one hand to drop.But if the toilet has a tank you only have a few seconds to drain you bag before the flush stops.Several times the flush stopped before I could drain and got some splash back.Now when I was a farmer and milking cows I would occasionally get a tail with crap on it right across the mouth.It didnt taste good then and it doesnt taste good now either,and Its MY crap.

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So Im careful to get the timing down now.When out in the wilderness there are problems too.I drained on a bush once the wind blew and the bush, well, lets just say I wont do that again.One time the toilet had a line while at at a bar but there was a urinal open,well I wont get into that one either.Lets just say the laws of physics change when you have an ostomy.

I have a lady friend who has a drain that hangs down from her bag about a foot.She told me one time while doing business she flushed the toilet while sitting down and it yanked her bag clean off.She didnt have a spare (it was in her car) so she took the bag out of the waste basket in the restroom ,walked out of the casino ,right to her car.Ya do what ya gotta do.

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Great stories — it's fantastic that you embrace the simplicity of getting on with the enjoyment of this life.

if you look up on you tube they had some good ideas and i liked the one were you put toilet paper down on of the water so you dont get splash back of shit water and it has worked for me and since we sit on the pot little differnt cause we still have our pants up while doing our number 2 it dont splash back unless you dont use enough paper

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The way I always do it is to sit on the toilet -- as far back as I can sit and then proceed to empty my bag. There's not alot of height between the end of the bag and the toilet water, so mininal/no splashback.



If I'm out and the toilet looks less than appetizing

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-- I'll stand in front of it, put some paper in the bowl and bend down a bit.



The lady with the ferocious toilet water ... I've been on toilets like that ... sure it makes for a good flush, but yowsa! I make sure I'm all done up before I flush. Some are automatic tho.

You have been straight and honest in describing you experiences. Most ostomates are faced with such situations and have to resort to all kind of tricks to solve the problems.

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Snort...... I too am a farmer & have milked cows...... Just a word of advice when milking.... keep your mouth shut.

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When draining your bag to avoid splash back ..... don't look down!

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Snort giggle. Also sitting backwards on the potty makes things a little easier also.  I've learned to put a little baby oil in the tail of the bag and roll the tail a couple of times around the clip instead of just folding it over. Makes emptying and cleaning a whole lot easier!!!