Quadius, I have a Urostomy and had a wound underneath the adhesive part. That was after playing around with different stoma appliance companies and brands. I strongly recommend you talk to, or go see, a stoma nurse. Every hospital had one and many visiting nursing companies (or competitors) should have a stoma nurse on staff. Good luck, Bobbie
Smile Everyday > On Jun 12, 2015, at 5:33 PM, Quadius <[email protected]> wrote: > > I hope you guys can help me out. I have had a urostomy for more than three > years now and have no problems with that wafer leaking or urine getting > underneath the wafer. I am, however, having nothing but difficulties with the > colostomy wafer. First thing to note is my urostomy wafer as a small room on > the inside with quite a bit left over to it here to the skin. The colostomy > one, on the other hand, has a lot bigger ring in the middle of it. I believe > it's 57 mm or 2 1/4 inch. > > Have a small indentation at one corner of my stoma and therefore they say I > need stoma paste. We've never had to use this on my urostomy, so were not > sure exactly how much to apply. The last two days we have had the colostomy > wafer leak and it appears like the fecal matter is immediately seeping under > the wafer and compromising the integrity of my skin. Not to mention it stinks > to high heaven. > > Any advice on how you guys do it or suggestions would be welcome. As far as > my urostomy, we basically use two or three skin preps, but they told us we > really didn't need to use them for the colostomy. Last night we decided to go > ahead and use skin prep on the colostomy as well as a little bit of stoma > paste where the intention is on my stoma. > > I want to thank you in advance for the help. Normally I'm able to call on a > nurse friend of mine who lives down the road to help me out, but she's out of > town on vacation right now. > Quadius
