UCVlog: Showering with an Ileostomy

You can still shower with an ileostomy pouch, and it actually doesn't cause too many problems!

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Category:

People & Blogs

Tags:

• ulcerative
• colitis
• crohn
• disease
• inflammatory
• bowel
• intestine
• colon
• ileostomy
• stoma
• pouch
• surgery
• flare
• up

[lokalllize]

how do you sleep

[UCVlog]

@lokalllize Search for "Sleeping with an ostomy" and you'll find the answer to this question.

~Dennis

[MotivatedSoccer18]

I'm 19 years old and just have been diagnosed with UC for about a year. I'm flaring up and I wonder if you can help me with some tips to reduce symptoms? I want to keep my colon for a while and maybe you can help me with tips. Thanks so much Denn.

[UCVlog]

@MotivatedSoccer18 Well, if you are in a flare up you definitely want to talk to your doctor. Personally, I believe that taking your medicine properly is the best treatment for flare ups. Others suggest certain diets and supplements, but I can't speak to those things from personal experience. Diet didn't seem to have much effect on my flares. Also keep track of how often you go to the bathroom and the consistency, any bleeding, etc. This information is very important for the doctor.

~Dennis

[theatomizer]

Whats is feel like when you touch it? :o

[UCVlog]

@theatomizer The inside of the intestine actually doesn't really have nerve endings. I'm not sure if they are nonexistent or not, but you can touch the stoma all you want and won't feel a thing.

Dennis

[UCVlog]

@NitroReviews Umm, not really. I have no problems being me. And the ostomy didn't bother me that much.

~Dennis

[lokalllize]

@UCVlog found your video but in another channel /watch?v=QcTxeX-11OQ

I have chorons I feel really lucky nothing bad has happened so far but this scares me a lot

[Joey2027ify]

Thank you for the information. Very helpful. I am a critical care nurse and usually do not have to do any teaching, the patients are usually more receptive when they are on the ned surg floors. However, I did have a pt asking questions such as "can I take a shower?" I did not want to give him the wrong information, so thank you , I very much appreciate it.

Ginni Keyser, RN/ICU

[Dolphindream15]

@TheVanessajane I too have an illistomy and Iam a dibitec also but with my ostomy Im sosposed to eat more calories because I dont absorb a fourth of what I take in,,because i have no large instine ,,I cant eat high fiber and shouldnt have all the rougage,,but because im a dibitec its in REVERSE,,they want you to have high fiber and to eat rougage and to eat less calories,,if I did ,,I would loose weight,,my dietician just throws her arms in the air,,how do you manage a diet,

[TheVanessajane]

Re- To Megusman.I am Diabetic too.After my Illeostomy I had many a problem with my bag.After showering was the best time for changing it.After trying various kinds, I finally found a suitable one.Now had the procedure reversed & things are back to normal.Or as near as normal can be after that operation.A bath or shower is the best way ever for a good refreshing sensation!!!!!!! Make the most of things we are still alive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[medguzman]

this is amazing, courageous and informative of you to do this. i am a student nurse trying to study for boards, and you have helped me a lot. an old friend of mine suffered from (controlled) IBD and was very insecure about it. it is great that you are here to help anyone who has IBD by talking about your personal experiences.

[Dolphindream15]

@2009yonnie I had to have my large instine removed and part of my small due to crohns disease I wear extra long shirts to cover up my bag,,showering isnt a problem for me I usually go about 2 weeks before I have to change it,,when I do change it its easier to do that while in the shower,,to get the stoma good and clean,,then pat dry once your out of the shower and put another flange on,,,my problem is DIET,,I dont absorb what I take in,,but Iam also Dibetic

[Dolphindream15]

I have an illistomy I never had a problem showering in fact I find it easier to change in the shower to get the stoma good and clean ,,but my problem is DIET,,I had to have the surgery because of the chronze disease,,I need the extra calories because I dont absorb what I take in,,cant have the roughage and cant be eating high fiber,,BUT in 2009 I was told I had dibetis,,a dibetic diet is in COMPLETE REVERSE,,from what Im sosposed to eat from my Ilistomy,,HELP