The reality - don't think so!
The appliance I put on DH only lasted a day and a half. Not good enough. He is starting to get a little depressed over the whole thing and I'm trying to find a way to build a little dam under the stoma so the urine goes directly in the bag and not behind the wafer. When it dribbles behind the wafer, the acid in the urine causes the adhesive to fail. We both know we'll get there but for right now it's frustrating. The DVD the ostomy nurse gave us shows a person standing up, placing the appliance right over his protruding stoma, pressing the whole thing down and voila, perfectly secure. However, DH's stoma barely protrudes and that is part of the problem but at least it's not recessed as some are.My cat calendar has directions on how to give a cat a bath: Fill a four-inch deep bowl with warm water and firmly place the cat in it, massage gently with cat shampoo and rinse off with water from a jug. Wrap the cat in a towel and if the noise doesn't bother him, finish up with a hair dryer. Hmmmm.......you think?
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