{"id":4928,"date":"2025-08-06T13:35:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T13:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eakinostomy.com\/GB\/blog\/my-stoma-care-routine-by-louise\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T11:41:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T11:41:19","slug":"my-stoma-care-routine-by-louise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eakinostomy.com\/GB\/blog\/my-stoma-care-routine-by-louise\/","title":{"rendered":"My stoma care routine | by Louise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-947\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eakinostomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Meet-our-ambassadors-page-scaled-2.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eakinostomy.com\/GB\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/Meet-our-ambassadors-page-scaled-2.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.eakinostomy.com\/GB\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/Meet-our-ambassadors-page-scaled-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eakinostomy.com\/GB\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/Meet-our-ambassadors-page-scaled-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eakinostomy.com\/GB\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/Meet-our-ambassadors-page-scaled-2-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.eakinostomy.com\/GB\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/Meet-our-ambassadors-page-scaled-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eakinostomy.com\/GB\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/Meet-our-ambassadors-page-scaled-2-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.eakinostomy.com\/GB\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/Meet-our-ambassadors-page-scaled-2-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-70 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#6e6760\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d42a44dd161c9eab4f497a70d312e3ee text-center lg:text-center\">My stoma care routine | by Louise<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"spacer\n    h-8    lg:h-24\"\n>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The next biggest hurdle we face after stoma surgery is how to change our appliance and time it when our stomas are less active. I have my stoma care routine down to a two minute change. It&#8217;s a really small part of my daily\/weekly routine.<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"spacer\n    h-4    lg:h-12\"\n>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-purple-400-color\">My change routine<\/mark><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text-xl lg:text-xl\">I typically change my stoma bag one \/ two times per week. I tend to change on the days I shower. I follow the same routine every time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text-xl lg:text-xl\">I set up what I am going to use then I jump in the shower, wash and dry off. Then I change my bag.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-purple-checkmark\">\n<li class=\"text-xl lg:text-xl\">Two dry wipes soaked with hot clean water that I wring out<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"text-xl lg:text-xl\">Two dry wipes, one for making sure my stoma site is completely dry and the other to apply my barrier cream<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"text-xl lg:text-xl\">Nappy sack for my soiled bag and dirty wipes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"text-xl lg:text-xl\">I always cut my baseplate just before I change<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"text-xl lg:text-xl\">Adhesive remover and barrier cream on the sink&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"text-xl lg:text-xl\">Bag and barrier ring always on the window ledge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-teal-600-color\">My routine for changing<\/mark><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-teal-checkmark\">\n<li class=\"text-xl lg:text-xl\">Adhesive remover sprayed and soiled bag removed and placed into the nappy sack in the sink<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"text-xl lg:text-xl\">Two wet wipes to remove any adhesive remover and clean my stoma and site<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"text-xl lg:text-xl\">Dry wipe to dry my peristomal skin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"text-xl lg:text-xl\">I check the site is dry and apply barrier cream on the skin around my stoma<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"text-xl lg:text-xl\">Apply my barrier ring which I mould to my stoma size<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"text-xl lg:text-xl\">Apply stoma bag, clear away the rubbish and wash my hands<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text-xl lg:text-xl\">I find that changing over the bathroom sink helps if my stoma is misbehaving as I can easily clean any output that has escaped and this always means it avoids getting on any clean PJs or knickers I am wearing at the time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text-xl lg:text-xl\">I, for the best part, have mastered my changes over the last decade and for me now it&#8217;s a small part that takes a few minutes a time for me to change. For the most part it&#8217;s an auto-pilot action as it&#8217;s heavily embedded within my routine of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-purple-600-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-bad54a00d724b3b81b3966aa98133d4a text-2xl lg:text-2xl\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DMKjzRVs-Ye\/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See my change routine here!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text-xl lg:text-xl\">As always,<br>Many thanks for reading<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/crohnsfighting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-purple-600-color\">Louise<br>@crohnsfighting<\/mark><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"background-block relative overflow-hidden\" style=\"background-color: #d4bdd9\">\n        <div class=\"relative z-20\">\n        <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n<div class=\"spacer\n    h-8    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