Challenges of Daily Running with Bob

 Let's talk about activity in the summer with an ileostomy, because the humidity and daily sweating do compromise the appliance. I wanna keep things real here, not always glorify having an ostomy as it's not perfect. I know I have been sweating under the flange because I had white specs on the barrier extenders showing where they absorbed moisture, and the ring that molds around Bob to create a seal was expanding. I just changed my appliance yesterday morning and right after my run this evening while writing that blog post, I felt pressure behind my stoma...ostomates know this feeling as the start of a leak behind the barrier. It seems the running stimulated Bob to excrete my dinner very quickly when I stopped running, so fast that output built up around the stoma and pushed around it behind the barrier. Both days I got super sweaty. I also need to figure out better timing with my meals and running. Even without the leak I would probably have had to change my appliance soon because the expanding ring was starting to cover a part of Bob, and this can't be good. 

You can see where the barrier extenders absorbed moisture as the little white specs, and the leak starting behind the barrier.