Another real embarrassing question

[Duck on Wheels]

Bikeless,
I admire your getting out and riding despite the ilieostomy, which I'm sure presents issues, especially on longer outings. My husband has a high colostomy which has caused innumerable embarrassing incidents and always requires back-up plans. You might contact your medical supplier and see what they suggest. Perhaps there is a bag that's been found by other athletes to work better. Perhaps somthing larger, or perhaps wearing a belt to hold it in place. Even some of that tape that's easy on the skin might give some extra reinforcement. There might even be some special solution you can use for longer rides that puts up with sweat and friction. I hope this helps a little, and Good luck to you!

Yep. This was one of the reasons I hadn't biked for years. Somehow the wafer kept coming loose, wouldn't bend where I needed it to for biking. Luckily I now have a wafer that, together with belt and tape and skin prep and powder, works well for me. I also have a bike I don't bend so much on. Haven't had a wafer failure in months (touch wood). How 'bout your husband? Has he found "his" adhesive system? If not, don't give up! Seems to me the adhesives work differently for different folks (sweat? skin acidity? hair? temperature? shape? flexibility? activities?) Anyways ... I'm not really scared any longer that the wafer will fail, although I always follow Murphy's law and carry spares. It's when you don't have a spare that you need one.

The problem Saturday seemed to be just about "backup" of contents that got lifted upwards for each legstroke on that side. I'm hoping for decent weather this weekend so I can try again, this time with a larger bag and angling the bag outwards instead of inwards. And otherwise, using every portapotty on the route should do it. And sticking with bananas, oatmeal and water, saving the salty stuff for after (salty => higher volume and lower density and that's what we want to avoid for a few hours). And hey ... the faster I get, the fewer hours I have to worry about. Now there's a thought!

'Fraid I don't know an ostomy nurse here, though I do have a good one back home. I'll check with her when I'm there for Xmas break. And thanks again everybody for suggestions and support!

[makbike]

What about a different bike, a recumbent? I know it sounds like an expensive fix to your situation but it might offer a solution since you wouldn't be bent over. Just a suggestion.

[Treckie]

My son had an iliostomy for a year. He had the same problem that you experience. What helped him was, we would put a thin maxi pad in the bag. This would absorb much of the liquid and keep it from sloshing around and irritating his skin and causing the wafer to unattach. Anyway, if you haven't tried that, maybe it's worth a shot. Now days, the pads are thinner and more absorbant too. Good luck!

[Duck on Wheels]

My son had an iliostomy for a year. He had the same problem that you experience. What helped him was, we would put a thin maxi pad in the bag. This would absorb much of the liquid and keep it from sloshing around and irritating his skin and causing the wafer to unattach. Anyway, if you haven't tried that, maybe it's worth a shot. Now days, the pads are thinner and more absorbant too. Good luck!

Now there's an innovative idea! My daughter used a pad to staunch the bleeding when my son had gouged himself falling on a twig and it was a couple hours before they could get a doctor up on the mountain to stitch him up. Aren't pads wonderful? Weather permitting, I'll give this a try on Sunday. I do have superthins on hand.

[Trek420]

bikeless in WI "Weather permitting, I'll give this a try on Sunday."

You'll try falling on a twig on the mountain hours away from a Doctor?

I hope not. Now when did this happen?

Oh the things I learn on this board ok, sis, what other escapades have my neice and nephew been through in the wilds of Norway that I did not know about. Encounters with polar bears?

[CorsairMac]

once again this is a Help board! I'm not real sure how falling on a twig way up in the BFE mountains will help Bikeless" problem...but I'll wait for her post come Monday!

[Yasmin]

I had a bag for a really short while due to a caecal volvulus. Angling the bag worked for me. Also, I didn't own a road bike then, only a MTB so I was sitting up taller. Good luck!!!