Learning Ostomy

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do you shower with a pouch on?  I’m still not comfortable with taking it off.  I’m just happy I’m not scared of my stoma anymore! Susan

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On Sat, 23 Feb 2002 21:34:31 -0500 (EST), dc…@webtv.net (bch m8) wrote: >do you shower with a pouch on?  I’m still not comfortable with taking it >off.  I’m just happy I’m not scared of my stoma anymore!

Sometimes one, sometimes the other.  I’ll shower with the bag off just before a change, but in between changes I shower with it on – I use a one piece so there isn’t much choice. — Bill

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I always leave my pouch on when either showering or bathing, most colostomists will shower without but they have better control of their output. Many ileostomists will also shower without an appliance but will have to clean up afterwards Mark "bch m8" <dc…@webtv.net> wrote in message

news:7858-3C785137-49@storefull-2138.public.lawson.webtv.net… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> do you shower with a pouch on?  I’m still not comfortable with taking it > off.  I’m just happy I’m not scared of my stoma anymore! > Susan

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I always shower without when I’m changing the wafer ( I use two-piece pouches.)  In between changes I sometimes take off the pouch and shower with just the wafer, but I don’t do it all the time.  To do it every once in a while makes me feel "cleaner", but it’s quicker to shower with it on (and I’m usually in a hurry in the mornings when I shower because I tend to live by the snooze button) Paul M. When I walk along with two others, they may serve me as my teachers.  I will select their good qualities and follow them, their bad qualities and avoid them. –  Confucius

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I take mine off every other Day! The Water is good for it. I have a Urosto my for 17 years. Water can not go in the stoma. It makes me feel cleanner. DebbieD ldur…@comcast.net

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Susan, I felt that way about showering without my pouch for awhile after my surgery also.  Then I finally got to the point where I tried showering with it off and it was wonderful!! You can just really scrub and it’s just great.  Give yourself some time. Joy

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Bag on. Clothes off. Unless I forget to get undressed. P J. "bch m8" <dc…@webtv.net> wrote in message

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i shower with the bag on.  i blow dry it when i blow dry my hair.   Lauren! (take out the "nojunk" to reply) beer drinking, sax playing, baseball junkie on a rampage … beware!

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