Running out of the dry wipes to clean my stoma

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Hi everyone

Coleplast provides me with dry wipes complimentary to clean my stoma I've had a good few occasions lately where it's been like a volcano when I change the bag and have used a few more than expected, my stoma nurse told me if I ran out of these to use kitchen towel well here's the problem I can't purchase any kitchen towel around here for love or money . Any suggestions to what else I could use as toilet paper just disintegrates when wet and leaves bits on the stoma , not keen on getting more sore skin

Thanks stay safe

Lots of love

Peacock62 xxx

FormerMember over 5 years ago in reply to FormerMember

Hi Stewpot2013

As the BODACH said it's abit of a pick n mix I have had an Ileostomy now for around 10 weeks and the wealth of information experience and knowledge that the BODACH has was crucial in my coming to terms with my own. So please please use is wealth of knowledge as much as you can on your journey of recovery and we all see an Ileostomy or colostomy as part of our solution. Now for the BODACH please please keep safe and listen to your body and not Tesco.

Stay safe everyone

Mark

Peacock62 over 5 years ago in reply to FormerMember

I second what has to say Ian is such a wealth of information I have only had my ilostomy since October after an anterior resection due to bowel cancer . Ian has been wonderful always replying when I needed it no matter how small the problem , just remember it's a big life-changing thing having this ilostomy I'm currently calling mine The little squirt . It take some getting used to I'm still learning , I stick rigidly to to the diet they gave me at the beginning the output was hard to deal with but it does even out . Any questions no matter how small just ask .

Stay safe

Lots of love

Peacock62 xxx

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