Laying flat?

Can laying flat on my stomach hurt the stoma in any way? I don't want to lay on it if it will cause problems, like preventing things from coming out.

I always lay on my stomach at night but I keep a pillow under my side to keep my stoma a little off my bed. However, I do lay flat on the floor when I am exercising and when I had a massage. You may want to schedule your massage for early in the morning and avoid eating breakfast. I was more worried about my bag filling up under the sheets than I was about preventing my stoma from working. I was worried that while I was laying on my back, my bag would fill up and I would look like I was growing a male private part under the sheet. Of course, if I were a guy, it just might look like I was getting very "excited" about the massage...LOL

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Amey

Man, only Amey!! The girl asked about laying on her stomach and somehow Amey worked in male body parts.

Again, must be that Florida heat!!!!

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LOL Slice....depite my better judgment, sometimes my brain and fingers team up against me.

As for Florida...WHAT HEAT???? It is rainy, chilly, and windy! Sounds like all the comforts of home, huh?

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Amey

I am SUCH a chicken about this!!!! My stoma is soooo active, there isn't a time I could schedule that would be "quiet" stoma time. My stoma is like a two year old - never naps, always busy. I can't even do some yoga positions, because I'm afraid of being on my stomach. How is it that stuff doesn't cause leaks by getting all squished up around the stoma area? Even when I lay on my side, it all kinda "piles up" right by the stoma, and doesn't fall "into" the bag. God, I would loooove to lay on my stomach, but I'm so scared. Does anyone who has a highly active, pretty solid-ish (as solid as we get, LOL), out put really lay on their stomachs?? And why am I so scared of this?

As for the massage--just ask them to use their pregnancy pillows. Tons of moms to be get massages and they definitely can't lay flat!

Justjen ---- that is the perfect idea!!! So, SF, no reason not to go now!!!

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Peggy

Jen - You're Awesome! What a great idea!

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Amey

YAY! I think I'm going to book a massage now. Hee, hee.

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UC diagnosed: December, 1999
Asacol: 1600 MG daily
Immuran: 150 MG daily
Prednisone: 4 MG daily (Woo-Hooo! Getting lower and lower!)

I do lay on my stomach when I first fall asleep and roll over. This has only happened ONCE but it was when I was visiting my sister in Seattle. I was dog tired. Was laying on my back asleep, rolled back over and I actually woke up from a POP! You guessed it. Doing laundry at 3:00 in the morning. Fortunately my sis had a waterproof mattress cover and I was by myself. Ha! It wasn't pretty. That's THE only time it happened. And it could have been that things weren't sealed good ... I usually fill up pretty good at night, but the only way I can get to sleep is on my stomach...

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BadBagGirl
Crohn's Disease, Colostomy due to cancer and I make darned good dill pickles.

Ash and JoAnn,

Cece...

Yep, it is very wet and stomy here...I wonder if this means we will get some cooler weather. I certainly would pick the cold over this humidity. Of course, my plants are happy. I just planted some new flowers this week and they could use some more to drink.

Sorry I missed you in the chat room last night. I got so busy cleaning my house that I forgot to check back into the chat room. Can I take a rain check?...LOL

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Amey

amey, cece- you guys quit complaining! it's going to be 15 here tonight!  and there has been ice and snow and sleet falling since thursday!  and i am not happy
but anyway, i do sleep on my tummy, about two months after surgery i started doing that, of course it hurt too bad at first.  I sleep on a waterproof pad, that way if i do have a leak, i can just throw the pad in the washer, clean me up and go right back to bed, no chaning sheets or anything.  Just makes me feel more comfy sleeping.

Summer,

So how cold did it get there last night?   -2 when I woke up at 7:30 this morning but no precipition at all!!!  TOOOO    Cold for me.   Can anyone say long johns and wool sweaters and layers upon layers of clothes?!

I, too, start with an empty bag at night and like to start out on my belly.  I usually always end up on my back by morning.  I think it just becomes natural for the body to roll over when the bag fills after so many years of having it.  I haven't been able to sleep on my belly, tho, since I had shoulder surgery on Nov 18th and I just can't wait!!!!  I've been stuck on my left side and back since then and can I just say that it's getting old!  But it is getting better each day.

 

 

Yep, It's below zero here too ... I am from Minnesota.

Hearing all this I may use my two free massage certificates (1 hour each)! I've been nervous about going. Hmm. What's the worst that could happen?

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BadBagGirl
Crohn's Disease, Colostomy due to cancer and I make darned good dill pickles.

I am loving this warm weather we've been having in Florida! I also enjoy the cool fronts that come down, bring some rain, and cool things off. No complaints here... it's all good!!

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Cecilia

i think it was actually like 18 here last night, i could never ever ever handle minus somthing degrees, although i saw that in Siberia it got to -74 and that once it got to -108 there! why do people live there?
anyway, i don't get to sleep on my back all night, mostly because my lovely child still will not sleep in his bed! and always comes to lay with me. although he is warm, lol.

I love how this went totally off topic! LOL This weekend it was horrible--19 degrees for the high!!! I'm in the midwest (St. Louis area) BTW. As for the laying flat for massage...when I called around here asking about pregnancy massage for my SIL none of them had the table with the belly hole but they all had special pregnancy pillows. I did not actually go and check them out but it seems to be the standard anyway. This reminds me that I have a gift certificate I can go pamper myself with as well! Stay warm everyone--except all you Floridians-haha

Could have been worse....did you see the fans at the game on Sunday? You know those Giant fans were happy once the game was over. Wasn't is -4 degrees with a wind chill at 24mph??

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Amey

they told that there was a football game played once where with the wind chill it was -68 or -69, i can't remember which, that is really really cold!