Hi all, I'm seven weeks out from perm ileo surgery. All is good, but I had my first leak three days ago. I had been using stomadhesive paste to build up a dip near my stoma. I guess as the swelling in my belly has gone down, so has the dip and I leaked. Then yesterday, I had a massive blowout from what I think may have been a blockage. My stoma was active all day, very unusual, but I knew something wasn't right. Some watery output, some thicker. Unfortunately, I can't see through my bag (I got the wrong order and figured I'd make the best of it - never again), but the stoma felt hard and swollen. Had dinner with my husband before a concert we were attending - in the restaurant, my belly got very full and distended, especially behind the stoma. I massaged as discreetly as I could. As we walked to the music hall, I felt this release in my belly and behind my stoma and that's when the eruption started, with major leaking all over myself and my clothes (sorry for the gross description.) We had to go home, I needed to shower and change, and my stoma was literally spewing like a toothpaste tube gone wild. Does anyone have experience with blockages? Does this sound like it was a blockage? I ate slivered almonds for two days which I thought I had chewed very well. I guess not. Thanks in advance for any info.
Lori