Bathe With an Ostomy-The Easy Way When you talk about bathing with an ostomy I see it as two choices. Choice one is considered the easy way to bathe with an ostomy. This choice the details would be-you are naked when you get in the shower or the bathtub with your ostomy pouch and wafer fully intact. Shower as a normal human would. You wouldn't be covering it up with a baggie, or any cover. You would be bathing like it wasn't even there. You can get it all wet and wash with soap shampoo etc without the fear of it being dislodged in the bathtub or your shower. The Second Choice That I Continue Reading
Can I Use a Hot Tub With an Ostomy
Key Things You Need To Know About Using a Hot Tub With an Ostomy This is my hot tub. I went almost 10 months after I received my ostomy before I decided I would try entering my hot tub with my ostomy. Why you ask yourself, would I wait so long? Well, I had my reasons. Here are my reasons. My Ostomy Hot Tub Fears My biggest fear was that the ostomy bag would come off in the hot tub. I just didn't need to deal with that I thought. I thought the heat would destroy the wafer's seal and the ostomy bag would come loose. I knew the water would ruin the bag and the wafer I was Continue Reading
Showering & Bathing With An Ostomy a Discussion
Some Thoughts About Showering & Bathing with An Ostomy Around 5 years ago, when I was getting prepared to live with an ostomy, I seemed to have many different questions that kept coming up in my mind? Could I do This? Would I ever be able to do This ever Again? How do you Do this? Many different questions? Basically any questions that pertained to things that a normal person does and never even thinks about doing, I had huge concerns about them. Many things were now held up in my mind by large caution signs or large stop signs. These questions kinda took over my mind. You know Continue Reading
