I've got a colostomy but have never used an abdominal binder what are they and what is their purpose?
-Danny -----Original Message----- From: greg [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2015 7:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [QUAD-L] Binder and Colotomy Anyone with a colostomy also wear a abdominal binder? I can't find a binder that fits over one. Right now I just cut a hole in the binder, but it just frays apart real fast. Plus, the binder moves and can cut into the stoma. I am going to buy a new binder and just put it on over the stoma and bag and see if it can still work and drain ok. I don't go much during the day usually. I just found a binder/belt that has a ring built into it that bag snaps onto. Made so you don't need to glue/tape a wafer onto the skin. I just worry that the binder would move just a bit, then anything that comes out goes right under the binder... messy mess. Plus, it only comes up to 9 inches tall and I use 12. Good idea though. I think a binder with a pouch bubble over the stoma area would be good idea. You just need a binder that does not over lap itself. Or you would have to line up 2 pouches on the binder. The binder I use now over laps itself, so I had to cut 2 holes in the binder in that spot.
