Loving Hot Springs with My Ostomy Care Routine

I am often in hot water—by choice! I love hot springs and swimming. I use Convatec Esteem Synergy and nothing extra except I use the mini pouches without filters so they don't leak and are less obvious under my bathing suit. The flanges actually seem to stay on longer when exposed to heat, and I often get longer times out of my flanges as a result. I often spend a lot of time in the hottest parts of the hot springs. I just wade in and rarely think about my pouch or flange.

Lucky you, I can't even bathe without needing to change the bag after! I looked at the Esteem bags but I only found left sided available on the site. Anyway I'd have to change it right after since there's no way I can get away walking around with no filter; ballooning is bad enough as it is for me WITH filters. And I think it would get expensive to change after every exposure, unless you get bags for free, which I do, but they're maxi only and if I order new ones too often they ask what the hell's going on that I need so many. I really miss showering every day or two.

I too enjoy going to hot springs practically every weekend and probably spend 4 or 5 hours total in the water. I use Holister products with filters. If I cover the filter with a tape strip, no water gets inside... without tape, just a small amount gets inside, which seems more like condensation than water leaking in. I too find that the flange will usually last longer having been exposed to all the hot water compared to just shower water.