Mucous leakage from bottom.

Great to know nothing stopped you from enjoying yourselves!

Like you, I believe our brain controls our body's functions: auto-suggestion, with a lot of practice might be the solution for us. After all they do it in yoga!

I have found that when I get up I need to go to the loo as well.

Bagpuss the Third, you made me think of the folding travel potty I 'd bought when my daughter was small: it was such a brilliant idea: it came with the plastic bags to put in the potty , all you needed was a quiet area, toilet paper/antiseptic wipes and a bin! All 3 of us should start something like this for adults! Although I wouldn't be able to sit on it with my septic arthritic knee,unless it was put on a log in the woods... :))

Well! OK! A private area on a boat cannot be easy to find, especially with a party going on...

It could be fun for you , if only you practice that auto-suggestion method...No guarantee it would work, but we cannot again let the beast take over your life!

Good luck!

Thanks Bri.  I'll think about the folding potty.  Trouble is now you've told us you couldn't get a patent for yourself!  Your comment really is helpful, in a strange way.  Having just run through the numerous pitfalls of the boat-trip in an e-mail to a chum and taking your comment into account I think that the beast has the potential to take over the boat trip, in the same way that someone collapsing might.  Because the complaint isn't self-announcing I can see me explaining over and over why I'm hogging the loo, needing to lie down and so on.  As I said to my chum it begs the question 'why did he come? Surely he knew what to expect.'  Incidentally I do go to restaurants and we plan to overnight in an hotel sixty miles from home on Sanday - it's just the boat.     

I've never thought of doing it in yoga.  Strawberry or Fruits of the Forest?  :-)

Hehe! The hotel stay sounds grand but like you I'd think  twice about the boat. You could be lucky and nothing happens... Whatever you decide, I think you just have to follow your intuition!

Thanks Bri - it's useful to know that I'm not being over-cautious.  I do agree that doing things under pressure against one's better judgement often turns out badly.  Thanks again.  I'm practising mind-control as we speak so I'd better post this.

I expected some sort of reaction to my large meal yesterday but not the bad leakages from my bottom again. They were bad. Bubble & Squeak my stoma bag kicked off just before bed time. I changed it and went to bed. During the night it was very active and I had to change it again this morning. While changing it diarrhoe  oozed out and caused a slight mess on my underpants. Stools are still hard so more of the preparation will be mixed up and drank with a dose of Lime Juice to make it palleatable. Porridge and Imodium for breakfast again.  

Oh dear! Chromeplated! What a nuisance! I hope you still enjoyed breakfast and lunch!

I use to hate the drainable bags when I had a colostomy, but now with the ileostomy, I am so glad to have this option. So much less hassle than changing the bag each time. You can keep them on for 2 days, empty them when necessary - with the ileostomy that translates as very often! - Not pleasant but at least rapid and easy! That also saves on bags and bin bags!

Worth a try!