- Location
- Fife Scotland
Hi.
I'm a newbie to living with a stoma ( three weeks ), judging by some of the stories on here, I've been incredibly lucky with mine, as I was out of the hospital after six days, hardly had any pain post surgery, and have already accepted living with a stoma.
However, the one fly in the ( poo ) ointment, is that I tend to do most of my " production " during the night.
I produce hardly anything during the day, but come 6 pm, I have to empty my bag about every three hours, including right through the night.
I set my alarm clock to go off every 2-3 hrs, as I'm paranoid about leaking in bed ( never had a leak yet ) and every time, it needs emptying.
My stoma nurse has given me a few things to try, but so far, no joy, including using Imodium.
Has anyone else gone from having such a clustered output to being a bit more spread out ?.
Forgot to mention, I have an ileostomy after having my entire colon removed due to Crohn's.
I'm a newbie to living with a stoma ( three weeks ), judging by some of the stories on here, I've been incredibly lucky with mine, as I was out of the hospital after six days, hardly had any pain post surgery, and have already accepted living with a stoma.
However, the one fly in the ( poo ) ointment, is that I tend to do most of my " production " during the night.
I produce hardly anything during the day, but come 6 pm, I have to empty my bag about every three hours, including right through the night.
I set my alarm clock to go off every 2-3 hrs, as I'm paranoid about leaking in bed ( never had a leak yet ) and every time, it needs emptying.
My stoma nurse has given me a few things to try, but so far, no joy, including using Imodium.
Has anyone else gone from having such a clustered output to being a bit more spread out ?.
Forgot to mention, I have an ileostomy after having my entire colon removed due to Crohn's.