Showering with an Ostomy: Tips and Personal Insights

I allways shower with my bag off , I like to think that my stoma & surrounding skin is getting a good  cleaning . I also like the thought that everything is getting some fresh aire for a while.

  

I use 1 piece so after a good dry with a towell  ( not my actual stoma --dont want that bleeding) My new bag fits & sticks beautifuly .



I am Urostomate so any form of discharge is no big deal.



I always peed in the shower anyway....LOL

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lol...that brought tears of laughter to my eyes....i also shower without my bag on though im not having anything to do with the bit about peeing in the shower before

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its the only time i can feel free...and its feels damn good

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xx

Haha, glad you've found a way to still love your showers even though you're an ostomate.

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P.S--- I pee in the shower too sometimes, and I do it the conventional way. =P Too much information, sorry.

when i change my bag i wash my stoma and it is always running so whats a little pee going to hurt? that is why i keep cleaner in the bathroom. when i am just taking a shower i still rinse my bag and again what is a little pee?

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life is to short to worry about what goes down the drain.

Hi all.  My little guy (going on 3) is your ostomate friend.  He is too young for showers (only just learned to stand and walk in April). so we do baths. We have a plastic cup that snaps onto an ostomy belt (I think it is called a 'stoma cup'.)  We put a piece of tissue in the cup (to catch the stool) and snap the cup onto the belt... over his stoma.  This allows us to clean the area around his stoma from the wafer stickies but he doesn't get stool gunk in the bath water (most nights, anyway).  Though he sometimes like to pull the cup away and the tissue gets really wet, he stays clean during bath time.



That stoma cup has been a lifesaver for us!!!!!  Since he is used to having an appliance on his side, the stoma cup doesn't bother him.



Merry Christmas everyone!  -Ryan's mom

Words of Encouragement from Ostomy Advocates I Hollister

Hi Ryan & Ryans mom!! I know its difficult , but it looks like you have got it all organised. All children are precious , but some are just a little bit extra special.



My best wishes & a Happy Christmas to you to....& may Ryan continue to enjoy his Bath Nights..........

Thanks for the note, VulcanBMk2.  That was very sweet.  Merry Christmas to you (and all our Ostomy friends!)!!



-Ryan's mom