Stoma/ostomy ballooning problem resolved using the Osto-EZ-Vent
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- čas přidán 4. 08. 2024
- This video is about ostomy and colostomy bags ballooning and how to resolve it without having to pull the colostomy bag away from the skin or removing the bag completely. I use a product called Osto-EZ-Vent. I found this product by talking to a stoma supplies company in the uk called Pelican Healthcare, I then contacted my stoma supplies company called Charter which are part of Coloplast who are able to supply them to them. The vents are fantastic and have really helped me.
Thank you so much for showing us how to cope with ballooning . I have a great deal of ballooning especially after eating. I did know about this accessory and will try them asap. Much appreciated , Christina x
It is a great product and will help.
I am new to using a bag and find videos like yours extremely helpful. I have a similar problem with ballooning but unfortunately i wasn't made aware of this accessory to try.
It looks exactly what's required to help me. Thanks very much for a very informative video.
Hi Paul. Yes these vents really do help and will solve the problem. Hope you can get some.
Thanks so much for the wonderful information.
Thank you so much for doing this video, it's been a great help and I'm ordering my sample right now :)
Thanks Emma.
I have ballooning with any bag I wear. This looks like a serious game changer. Thanks for sharing ❤
It is very good.
@@sydneystoma385 my medical supplier does carry and just waiting on delivery ❤️
Thank you 🙏🏾 I never knew about that attachment . Having problems with ballooning
Its a pleasure to help. Thats what this channel is all about. Ballooning can be such a problem with certain bags. But these will really help. Thank you for watching.
Great video. Appreciate it. I'll have to get a more convexed bag, plus that vent system. Looks like a game changer
It is very good, as are convex bags
What I found is wearing the Convatec bags I had balooning at night, since swapping to coloplast sensurs 1 piece it has completely gone away. As I can see they have a much more advanced multistage filtration system. All the best
Yes the Coloplast bags are the best I have used for not ballooning. The filter system on them is brilliant.
@@sydneystoma385 One of my samples in Coloplast and the filter system does not work. I blew into the bag and blocked it with my finger. Air did not escape. I then took one of the sample bags apart and separated the plastic with the filter. I gently blew air through the filter and my finger on the other side of the filter felt no air coming through. So I know that when I begin to use Colostomy bags I will be using bags with filters that do not work and I have been told that GP/stoma nurses will provide these vents until ballooning happens, which does alarm me.
@@flowerpetals1396 They don't quite work as quickly as that, it's more about the pressure that's built up gradually over time rather than filtering lots of air immediately. I understand a breath isn't a huge amount but in the context of the bag, it's a lot!
I have ballooning several times during the night I hate, it wakes me up like clockwork….
Helpful video, thank you so much for info & demonstration.
Thank you for watching Kerry.
Hi uncle Chris it’s me Arabella I’m a really big fan of your videos thank you
Aw Arabella thats so kind. Can't wait to see you when we can. Love ya loads xxx
Thank you Chris and I’ll see you probably soon from our very own Harrison bye
Thank you I use these bags an have this problem, I will definitely be getting these vents . Thank you
Hi. Glad the video has helped. The vents work really well. Have you considered changing what bag you use? I mainly use Coloplast Sensura Mio convex and I don't have any ballooning issues with these bags.
@@sydneystoma385 I will try those too, cheers guv
So helpful thanks Syd.
You are so welcome!
Thank you. Helpful and practical.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you. Very helpful information.
Thanks for watching Carol.
hello, from US. ironically, 15 years ago , the only irrigation training film was an Australian Gent, hollister get for me, i like the "bandage" feel, and they have a little charcoal vent
hope you are well, and remember to chew well, to avoid blockage, with your increased plant based diet
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Thanks for all the info ❤️
Thank you for watching.
Thanks so much for sharing this advice 🙏
You are so welcome!
Thank you brilliant video
Thank you for watching.
Good luck for all of us
Thankyou so much, I will try these on my father-in-laws bags
Most welcome 😊
Great video thank you
Glad you enjoyed it
Hi, thank you so much for sharing. I appreciate what you are doing to support the community. I’m an ostomy management specialist and wanted to see if I could get permission in showing this video during a course I teach to health care professionals. Thanks for the consideration. Jeffrey
Hi Jeffrey. Thank you for asking. Of course you can use it. The more people that see it and benefit from it the better.
Sydney Stoma thank you so much!
Ciao non capisco l’inglese ma ho capito con il video quello che spieghi.Dove posso trovare le valvole e per fare uscire aria?Grazie
@@Mary-fs6id ciao Mary, parlo poco l’italiano! La mia zia abita in Firenze. Ma credo che hai voluto scrivere a Sydney no io. Per trovare il prodotto devi cercare online. Si chiama Osto-EZ-Vent o ostomy vent.
If you run out of ez vent,do what I do, II take a toothpick and punched small holes the top in the bag and seal it with tissue and tape and it works great, if you’re going to a restaurant or something public take a little piece of the tape and put it over the whole for now,works great great
Hi thanks for watching. To be honest I rarely use them these days as I use a different bag which doesn't balloon. But useful tip though thank you.
@@sydneystoma385 Mr Sydney Stoma, which bag does not balloon?
@@flowerpetals1396 I use the flat version of these Dansac bags and I very rarely get ballooning. I find the filters work ok.
At last, a useful Blue Peter project 😉
Indeed it is!
Thank you
You're welcome
I have one its a great way to clear the break room. I get all the good donuts at work 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😎😎😎😎👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞
Hahahahaha there is always a positive! Like it.
I didn't realize ileostomates could use something with a hole. Why doesn't the fecal matter come out the hole?
Thank you so much ! Hubby just got his colostomy Wed this week he just had his first passage besides blood...his was ballooned out he still has a stick thing through his stoma.....I think it comes out in two weeks....
@catherine B. Glad the video has helped. What bags is he using?
@@sydneystoma385 holister.. they gave me all mismatched from hospital to leave with I didn't know till I got home... different size bags and wafers 6 but only two that matched with the acordian velcro closure ...but wound care nurse comes Sunday ..I just got box delivered of supplies from hospital nurse. what a mess they have like 1 inch wafers and like 4 inch bags ..his stoma is more a oval shape...on discharge date I had a heart to heart with the ostomy nurse who was so rude to me...so I got a chance to clear the air and let him know many patients come in to the ostomy world in crisis..... many like me sleep deprived the quickest way for a patient to shut down is to talk down to them and to hurt their feelings by making them feel stupid or less than...he apologized profusely...so that was good ...still I have learned more through youtube than hospital ostomy..real world verses clinical world...I actually rinsed the first bag...I was like talking outloud to myself you can do this ..you can do this..its not brain surgery ..its not sterile..hubby can't do it his parkinsons tremors are to bad and he has probable lewy body dementia..so he is confused alot...should I avoid like Gas ⛽ foods like cabbage and broccoli 🥦...he has had some might mighty blow ups of bags no blow offs yet🙏...his belly is just now starting to go down from 9 months pregnant to about 4...no one can guide like someone who actually has a ostomy..I can not thank you enough...💝💝💝💝 🫂
@@catherineb5066 i’m sorry to hear you were a victim of the “bits and pieces“ BS that many hospitals try to pawn off as ostomy services and actually get paid for it! That very day you should have asked for a copy of that day’s services, any therapist, physicians, supplies. Because they are getting paid by what I feel may be your insurance company (I don’t know if you have any) or even medicaid, for services they are putting down in billing for. If they handed you scraps, like I have seen many many people get, you need to file a complaint with the hospital. Or at least tell them what they are billing or writing down does not match what you were getting and you are going to have someone sit down with the hospital and go over it line by line, charge by charge. That is their nightmare.. I once saw a client with a bag of scraps as well, and the head nurse brought it in. This is one of the most prestigious chains of hospitals in the southeast. She handed them urostomy bags when the client had a colostomy! I told the woman, do you see what they gave you? You see that little hole the size of a pencil eraser? That’s for urine, not stool then the head nurse proceeded to argue with her stating that she looked it up online by color coding symbols, until I pointed out it said urostomy and that colostomies are not all about matching up color stripes to color stripes on the outside of a bag. It is a series of bags for urostomies, and the same color coding stripes for that same companies colostomy bags is not how this works! She didn’t even know, a head nurse!. I said where do you want stool to go, this is an entirely different bag! They just wanted to get away with throwing scraps at her to make it look like they did their job. I even believe some of the supplies I saw might’ve been used, like a half bottle of stoma powder, a tube of paste, and then they get to put down on their bill that they provided ostomy training & supplies!!! I said to her do you want me to open this and watch you put it on her because it appears you don’t even know what a colostomy bag is supposed to look like. I know it says it’s sterile, which should show you something already because colostomy bags are not, but if I open that I’m going to watch and I’m going to take a video of you putting this on her. The next day they had a stoma nurse come by, and set her up with an ostomy supply company that her Medicaid covered, but then couldn’t even get supplies delivered to the house for some ridiculous reason I don’t even recall it was so long ago. Set her up with a hospital gastroenterologist, which you think would be great because that’s where the stoma nurses are, but they wouldn’t even call her back. It appears she had to be out of the hospital and seen by the gastroenterologist before they could officially make her stoma patient. Can you believe it? The doctors office is even in a building attached to the hospital and they wouldn’t even send anyone over, until I demanded that they send over some samples that I know they have, only to find out they gave her one bag before a holiday weekend and before I could do anything about it. What was she supposed to do in the hospital the rest of that time? Bend over a pail? No matter what happens, every time you leave a hospital or facility, the day before leaving, you set up having someone from discharge come up to the room and State clearly to them that you want a completely detailed itemized bill ready for you to discuss with the hospital in their offices before your departure (say it like that) of all the services you received from the time you came in till the time you left. They love handing out bills, but they hate having to explain them and giving you the detail. The problem with the scraps is that they can’t possibly keep an entire supply for everyone on hand for different sizes, etc., but then I asked them what do you do if people come into the emergency department from a car accident and needing an emergency J-pouch, someone else needing a colostomy, another a urostomy… Where are you getting these bags from? Does someone in the operating room yell out “get me the scrap bag!” That male ostomy nurse looked like he wanted to kick me for saying that. But what I did say was true, you know there had to be supplies in that hospital they just didn’t want to give them to you because it wasn’t an emergency to them and expected you to call and set up home service delivery while you were there or leave and retain the services on your own with or without insurance as an outpatient, but at the very least they should be helping you make these phone calls to set you up because a lot of people don’t even know what they are looking at when they leave the hospital and they feel so overwhelmed that they don’t want any part of any stoma anymore. Is it any wonder why they are checking the mental status of stoma recipients in the hospital on a near daily basis, having the patient circle little cartoon faces stating whether they feel depressed or still want to go on living or not? It’s one thing telling a patient that this is your new stoma and this is your new way of going to the bathroom, that’s bad enough, but when you tell them you are not going to help them leave with oror acquire at their home by the time they get home the supplies they need to complete this entirely new frightening task, they have just lost their sense of humanity because they have become so completely desensitized to what patients feel while under their care.
I've been wondering how those things work. I have the same problem. What's puzzling to me is just why the built-in filter and gas releaser doesn't work when it's not even standard on all bags and you have to pay somewhat of a premium to get the bag with those vents. I notice yours also has those vents on the top And are obviously not working. It doesn't even appear yours might be super-clogged, which is the only reason the ostomy companies give you for the built-in vents acting poorly. If that's the case, then why does air stay in the bag and stay ballooned if I blow a little air into a brand new empty bag and close it immediately? The vent can't possibly be clogged at that point! Yet, pressing down on the bag does absolutely nothing to release the air, and neither does waiting a few hours for it to hopefully dissipate itself. It's frustrating because I don't know why that happens and why they are giving the excuse of it being clogged when it can even happen to a brand new bag. I think it's about time these companies stop putting in these inferior built-in vents and replace them with these gadgets added into the supply shipment for an increased cost if desired, and even find a way to put the charcoal vent inside the gadget as well. Surely crafting such a gadget isn't rocket science for the medical supply industry.
I've tried a few bags with the vent. They were useless to me. If they do happen to work. the bag lays kind of flat, and sticks together, making them pancake, much worse than a non vented bag. I leave a little gas in mine to help keep the inside walls from sticking together, to help with the pancaking.
Neta Neta, I have sampled two bags from different companies and in both cases built in filters did not work. I have come to think that perhaps they are not there to vent air but to provide a nice smell. Have been rather alarmed by one company saying that GP/stoma nurse will not prescribe these vents until ballooning happens.
@@flowerpetals1396 All I can say is if they do work, how bad does it get when they don’t work. Healthcare all over the world these days is disgraceful, particularly in the United States because it is run by pure greed and profit. It’s all about money, and the doctors don’t even run the medical community, the insurance companies do. They are practicing medicine illegally in my opinion. They tell the doctors what to do, what they can give the patient, what they can’t give, have complete oversight over what they think they want to pay for and sometimes just let the fight go on until the patient dies. What kind of control is that over human life? Someone that needs desperate care to save their life, just deny it for a few months and there you go. They saved a bundle. No one can do anything about it because they’ve got lobbyists putting a stranglehold on our politicians, I’ll get you votes and you see that things go my way when it comes time to vote in Congress. And heaven only knows what other things they are bribing them with that they have done. Do you know how disgraceful that is? And the people in this country who are affected by it and whose many family members are affected by this aren’t even so outraged that they band together and demand that is stop. Only when someone’s personal family member or they themselves become negatively affected by this do they realize it’s too late to do anything. This country is more worried about whether a four-star general can wear a skirt & lipstick over whether your child should have fast-tracked access to life-saving leukemia trial medication.This is why it continues. The only reason change doesn’t happen is because we continue to elect politicians who do this to us and they think we are so stupid that we don’t know about it. Well, maybe we are. At least some of us. Maybe even the majority. Or maybe theyre just lazy, or selfish because it hasn’t hit home for them yet. When you think about how many people protested for the general’s skirt and how many of those people actually want to do the same, it’s puzzling, it’s probably near to zero, and that’s when their principles come out! They see a bigger picture there, but they don’t see the bigger picture in healthcare. People don’t understand yet that when they take away a charcoal filter that cost less than a penny, you’re on the road to hell and it has nothing to do with an ostomy bag. We’re just too preoccupied with other ridiculous issues that should never be taking the forefront until these healthcare crises are addressed and resolved. As for those who have to have a stoma nurse or GP sign off on a charcoal filter, just blow it up a little every time you change it and take some photos on your phone with it and bring it to an appointment, that shows it’s a consistent issue, maybe three times a week do that and save them, and then before you arrive for the actual in person appointment which will probably be necessary, try to blow it up a little bit then too. Maybe a breath outward through a long straw before leaving the house. Then they could say they saw it when you arrived. Don’t worry, the insurance company is still coming out ahead, as many Americans and others have paid for that pathetic charcoal filter already for you with their lives.
Thank you so much for this video. I have suffered major leakage more than once per day. I’ve only just been given convex bags to try after my 2nd review with stoma nurse in 2 yrs. I’ve had my colostomy for 30 yrs and have never been told about the air vents and i get a lot of ballooning. My life was unbearable with bags leaking all the time. But fingers crossed it’s early days as only got convex bags to try on 1st December. but so far so good no leaking.
This is cool. I work in home care and we always just open the bag at the end very carefully (often with a tissue to prevent spray) and release the gas.
Oh Thank Goodness I saw your blog this evening... I am 2 months on from my colostomy, and have ballooning several times a day. I have been using the draining pouches at home, as my poo is more on the soft side, and I can just drain it in the loo, wipe up and roll up and secure. I do use the closed pouches when going out and have my 'Hand Bag' of extra supplies always with me. I see my Surgeon tomorrow for follow up post op, and will be mentioning this technique to him and also to my stoma support nurse. I wonder how I can get these as I live in Auckland, New Zealand. Thanks heaps for this video, perfect timing! Judy
Hi Judy, firstly thank you for watching and commenting. I am sure there must be a way of getting these. I can ask the stoma company if they can ship them to New Zealand. Cost wise I dont know how much that would be. The product itself I dont think is expensive. But yes certainly speak to your team about them. If they need any help or advice I am always happy to help anyone.
@@sydneystoma385 Thanks for getting back so quick! Awesome, hope to get Vents somehow! judy
Eu adorei o seu vídeo. Mostrei ao meu marido e ele ficou feliz. Porque viu o vídeo e o ballooning. Apenas viu. Mas aprendeu que é normal. E que existe uma maneira de resolver. Muito obrigado.
G-Day Chris, I am in Melbourne and wanted to know where in the UK you got them and how much are they. Or does anyone supply them in Australia. Great info Chris ,Thank you.
Hi Iggie thanks for watching. I get them through a company in the uk called Respond Healthcare. I dont have to pay for them, in the uk if you have a stoma then you don't pay for any prescriptions.
We need this in Rwanda
Your videos are very informative and of great help. Thank you. I will be having an operation very soon due to cancer. Can you get Osto-EZ-Vent on free prescription, or do we have to pay for these as an extra?
Hi thank you for watching. And yes if you are on the UK you can get them on prescription.
@@sydneystoma385 Thank you... yes I'm in the UK. I'm very stressed about this operation, however watching your videos have given me hope to live a full fun life. I truly appreciate what you have been posting. I am sure you have been invaluable to so many that are undergoing such invasive surgery. I'm immensely grateful.
Hi, Sidney
I use Dansac Novalife Convex open bag (ilieostomy) would I still be able to use these osto vents as have ballooning quite a lot and would save me going to toilet all time or are they just for closed bags? X
I recently tried the Mio convex but unfortunately I’m allergic to the wafer but I love Dansac Bags
Yes they can be used on any bag. Yes Dansac bags are good. Thank you for watching.
Thanks Sid I noticed you are wearing a convex bag with a belt which is what I do. However, yours looks like it has stickers or something at each side with the belt. Mine just attaches. Does this help it not become unattached? 👍
Hi, my belt has clips/hooks on it which attach to the belt, so no stickers. 👍👍
Do you rub alcohol on bag before applying the vent
Hi. No I don't.
I have sample ileostomy bags. I can't do it like that because the flange is in the way. Is there another way of attaching it. Can I put it at the very top of the bag?
Yes. I used to put mine right at the top. Although I use sensura Mio bags these days and they never balloon.
Hi. I'm new to the ostomy world about 5 weeks out with a colostomy. I have a stoma thar is slightly raised from my paranormal skin but also sunk into a inward dimple. I've got really good at cutting my wafer to the exact size of my stoma, but this causes the edge of my wafer to bounce up around my stoma due to the depth of the skin around my stoma. I've tried convex rings, strip paste, all the things. I currently use the Coloplast deep convez with convex barrier ring still struggling with seal around stoma. I actually feel like I got better results cutting my wafer about 2mm larger then stoma it allowed wafer to seal on my skin allowing appliance to last 3 days between changes, but of course I have a small amount of exposed skin. Is there a product I can use to protect that skin, a already use skin barrier whips, also any videos you can recommend for how to troubleshoot inward stoma. Most live videos are with more level stoma. Thank you for your videos, I have a tiny grandeoma didn't know what it was till I saw your video, I'll be reaching out to my WOC nurse.
Ho thanks for watching. I always cut my baseplate 2mm larger. Ideally it should not touch the stoma, the stoma is as you know a living organ, it will move and change shape, so a baseplate touching it can make it sore. There are barrier creams that you can use or barrier powders. I use Pelican Barrier Cream with vitamin E.
In terms of an inward stoma I have no experience of that. So I cannot advise. Sorry.
Ciao pensi che in Italia si trovino queste valvole per Stomia?
non sono sicuro se spediscono in italia
I have ileostomy so quite active. I suffer from ballooning but my bags don't turn I side out like yours
I use hollister? What do you suggest
Enjoyed your video
Are you not using drainable bags with an Ileostomy?
What I meant to say is I can't pull the osto e z vent down to the stoma hole because of the baseplate. I am sampling the ileostomy bag. Do you need to pull the osto e z vent down to the stoma hole? Also, I cannot fit scissors into the vent but I can fit an unbent paper clip. Will such a hole be enough? And could I leave such a hole at the very top of the bag?
The vent can go where ever you want it to go. I put it up bear the top of the bag. The lower the vent is it becomes blocked with poo. So I place it high up in the bag
Hi, What is that belt you are wearing across ? Please let me know.
The belt is for bags that are convex base plates, it clips to the bag and pulls the convex part tighter over the stoma.
what belt you used?
Its made by coloplast and is on their website.
Doesn't it smell bad when you release the air?
My bag balloons ....depending what I eat.
Yes it does. I am sure i mentioned that in the video. When I release the air I will go to the toilet unless I am in the open air. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment.
No fast carbs no sugar no sweet
Its amazing but the smell is gone.
What about at night ,when you are sleeping and you have a bag with stuff ?
I hardly ever wake up to a full bag, if i wake up in the night and it had ballooned i would just go to the bathroom and release the air.
So I found a two piece system I really liked (have still not had the surgery) but their vents do not work. So I spoke with them about getting the Osto E Z Vent and they said the stoma nurse/GP will not supply the vents until ballooning actually happens. Do you know of any bags where the filters actually work and ballooning does not happen?
I never have ballooning problems with the Coloplast Sen Sura Mio bags.
Personally for me I don't get on with two piece bags. Due to the shape of my stomach the base plate does not adhere very well because the attachment point is hard plastic and doesn't bend to the shape of my stomach. But we are all different and have different needs
If it happens with multiple bags at multiple times, and you find out it’s still happening even when you occasionally wear one with the filter, maybe controlling the gas by changing the foods you’re eating might be a more practical solution, but you’d have to discuss that with stoma nurse.
I’ve had my 2-Piece Closed Ostomy Pouch Stoma for 5yrs.Supplied from “ Hollister “ & never had a Ballooning Problem / Ref 47420- /
Maxi Quiet Wear
( As this Pouch Automatically filters air out, with No Smells at all) I’m a Female in my 80s & I make sure my Pouch is Sealed all round, & I’ve never even had a leak of any sort during. ( This was Emergency Surgery & was in Hospital for 5 weeks) 🙏🙏🙏
Can’t find on eBay or amazon
Try your stoma supplies company or go on Responds stoma care website and you will be able to get them from there.
Thank you I take care of my .om who has the bag. I appreciate your video
Thank you for watching Tom.
When you have a Colostomy do you have to eat high fibre, low fibre or no fibre?
I don't need to concentrate on either. I just eat a balanced diet.
This is actually the function the stoma nurse! If they didn’t provide the service at the hospital, they are responsible for making a follow up appointment for you with someone who accepts your particular insurance before you leave that hospital, that’s the law, and it needs to be stoma care services at a gastroenterologist’s office. No Hospital should be letting a patient leave after giving them a colostomy and they don’t know how to care for it. That’s how lawsuits start. There are definitely foods you should be staying away from for several months at least when you first get this, and they should be teaching you how to re-introduce certain foods. But I could tell you, you’re not looking at any time soon at eating a handful of peanuts, corn on the cob, cabbage, Salads, seeds, vegetables with seeds, vegetables with any kind of skins, fruit skins like apples/grapes, say goodbye to those, these are things I can give you an intestinal obstruction and kill you if you don’t know what you’re looking for and what an obstruction is and feels like, which is the stoma nurses job to tell you this and how to re-introduce foods. But I’m being honest with you, there will be a lot of foods you will probably have to give up entirely after you find out which ones give you problems because so many nurses think they have better things to do than detail it out with you food group by group & would prefer to say you never know what will work for you, so if something gives you a problem later, just don’t eat that food. The only problem is they don’t tell you you are laying in the hospital operating room with a hugely painful life-threatening blockage while this is happening.
@@Netafied I left the hospital totally lost. I live in a rural area and the only stoma nurse was out on medical leave with a broken leg. I floundered several months using the Hollister products and had horrible leakage. I finally found some videos here on CZcams and saw where I could get some samples for a type of "O' ring and ordered it. It was from Coloplast. The rep phoned me and was a Godsend. She knew exactly why I was having the leakage problem and sent me a package with all sorts of supplies and several videos and I was finally able to have a life again! It was through her I realized I was cutting the hole way too big (as I was taught at the hospital) and did it her way and now no longer have bleeding irritated skin and pain. I credit Coloplast and Sydney Stoma for a whole lot. I had five months of hell and two months that were good. I am lucky and having a reversal surgery in five days. Crossing my fingers it's successful but know if it's not, it's not the end of the world.
Do you know if they have them available in the U.S.A.
Hi Jamie. I don't think they are available in the states. However they are a great company so if you contact them they may well ship some to you.
@@sydneystoma385 hay just found out that the USA and my supplier does carry them
A guy who looks a liitle bit like you was giving away some samples and my husband had luck to get one bag that doesn't hold air. it's Colopast SenSura Mio.
Hi. Yes the sensura Mio is a fantastic bag. I have been using them for a few years now. They never balloon.
I'm so glad to hear of someone with a good experience with this bag! My Coloplast SenSura Mio blows up like a Macy's Thanksgiving Parade balloon! I've spoken to the company rep several times and tried adding a second filter but no luck. The bag is very comfortable and the seal doesn't leak like others I used so I've put up with the ballooning thing. But I think this vent will be easier to manage than opening the drain just to let air out.
Surprised that makers of stoma.bags left out this impt feature.
Pretty much all stoma bags have a filter, however not all of them work effectively, so for the ones that don't work effectively these little vents are a must. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Hi can you please tell me where i can purchase one of these and are they suitable for all stoma bags?
I have found they work on every bag I have used. You can order them on Respond Healthcare website
I have coloplast bags from bullen and I can't get them
Your bag looks heavy duty and with a belt..
Im on the Stick On type
What is your bag
The bag is a stick on, but it is a convex bag and the belts help with convex. That bag is full of air.
You put the vent on the pouch. You then move it to a different area and poke a hole. Then the vent moves back up. Does this not then leave you with two holes? Why move the vent down? Why not poke a hole where you have stuck the vent?
There is only one hole. I don't move the vent. It gets stuck in one place and doesn't move.
Mr sydney stoma, I am funding it possible to pierce a large enough hole through the vent. I have used scissors inserted fully and turned, an unbent paper clip pressed on all sides. Impossibly to stretch the plastic.
I have been in touch with Respond. They use a laser. I just might need to do this myself but it is impossible. I say again, the plastic will not stretch.
Hello. Sorry for the delay in replying. So are you talking about pushing the hole through on the vent? What bags are you using?
C est dommage que c est pas traduit en français moi qui a besoin d information merci
Hello. Do people with this condition have to have the stoma bag on for the rest of their lives? And does it hurt to remove and put it back on again?? Hope to hear back from someone! Hugs to all.
Hi Erica. Yes my stoma bag is for life as my rectum has been completely removed. Changing the bag doesn't hurt at all. We use adhesive remover sprays that you spray around the baseplate, the bag then just peels off. No pain at all. If there is anything else I can answer just ask. Take care.
I’ve had a Stoma because of Crohns Disease since June of 1980 and I just had a birthday and just turned 69 years young!! How bout that!!
It depends what operation you've had. Stomas are sometimes reversible, but not always. And the adhesive remover spray means there is no pain on removing the bag.
@@jeannagreen8365 how about what
Is this a colostomy or an ileostomy?
Colostomy
I use Gas tablets they are ok in Australia blue tablets doesnt help all the time but better than nothing
Thanks for watching
Wow that Seoul be an explosion.
Thanks for watching.
It stinks up the whole room when I had a vent on mine
Yeah it certainly does! 🤣
I normally just open it and let the air out lol
There certainly is only one Tyson Fury! Incredible boxer and man. Do you used drainable bags then? I used closed so can't open them. Thanks for watching.
@@sydneystoma385 My guy lol and yes had em for about 8 years now
I don't understand closed bags FULLSTOP !
What is it you don't understand and I will do my best to answer the question. My output is thick and slow, it takes a few days for the back to even get close to being full. Due to how thick the output is it would be difficult for it to come out of a drainable bag.
9:01 farting out of your belly
Thats sound at 9:01 was the air releasing from the bag. However yes stomas do fart. Thanks for watching and commenting.
@@sydneystoma385 ~ an original Whoopy Cushion🤣
Nothing like being in an important, closed door meeting, at work. Nothing like being on a very nice dinner date. Nothing like sitting in church, or anywhere else. I have experienced all of the above, and more, when my stoma sounded off, loud and clear. Ain't life grand??
To each his own. I wouldn't want to even try a non drainable bag, especially a one piece. I don't see any practicality to them. They are an undue expense, for your insurance and for you, if you have no insurance. What if you get diarrhea? If you have to change a bag in the middle of it, which is going to happen, you are going to have a problem that is difficult to handle, to say the least, plus you could use up a lot of bags, and get physically worn out from changing bags, and the cleanup involved, in a short period of time, especially if you are sick. The velcro type closures, on drainable bags, especially the Hollister type, are secure and fairly unobtrusive and they can be degassed in seconds. I might could see some stoma mates using them with a 2 piece flange set up, but how many of us are lucky enough to get more than 3 or 4 days out of the barrier flange, on either a one, or 2 piece bag, anyway, especially in hot weather? Like I said; To each his own, but not for me.
As you say each to their own. I can wear the same bag for two to three days because my output is slow. In terms of diarrhoea I have a box of drainable bags for such times. However I have only had diarrhoea once in four years of having a stoma. I am in the UK and we don't insurance. I probably on average only use 3-4 bags a week.
@@sydneystoma385 I do understand what she is saying as I have super high output with my illeostomy. It's so high and thin I need to add a supplement to my bag to thicken it and have to be very careful because I tend to get dehydrated and it's affecting my kidneys. I have to empty my bag several times a day and once or twice during the night.
Ballooning . No sugar no sweet no fastcarbs. It helps !!! Stevia is sweet
from a plant Native Americans/Indian used
it as sweet ,its no sugar⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. And of course no soda , cola pepsi lemonsoda ! Soda is ballooning !
I agree fizzy drinks can certainly cause ballooning!
@@sydneystoma385 Greets from the Netherlands 🇳🇱. ❤️👩🏼🦰😺