u/Free-Economics-6942

So here’s my story I had a surgery that I almost died from in 2016 that resulted in emergency surgery the left me with a permanent ostomy. I had a lot of trouble with it leaking and had a surgery to adjust the position because my stoma was facing down. A few years later I ended up having a hernia the size of a basketball and had surgery to put mesh in and my stoma moved to my right side. The surgeon put my stoma within a 1/2 inch of an old incision scar and my belly button. I cannot get my Ostomy bag to stay attached. And if it does it leaks by my old incision indentation and my belly button. I’ve tried every bag, every adhesive, every sample, went to a new Ostomy nurse she tried everything and reached out to her associates and even went to a convention where I was the topic. I put the Coloplast stick paste in the incision divot and my belly button but the paste tends to get moisture (sweat) and comes off within the day. I use paper towels and a hair dryer to make sure the area especially the divot and belly button is dry before I apply it. I also use the Coloplast barrier rings and Coloplast Sensura Mio Convex two piece but going to have to go to something different because for some reason all of the sudden the bag has been coming detached from the baseplate (it is just adhesive that sticks the bag to the baseplate. Anyhow I’m just reaching out to see if anybody else has had their stoma placed closed to divoted areas and if so what you did to keep your appliance from leaking or simply becoming detached. I also wear a belt. Any help would greatly be appreciated - not looking for sympathy - just trying to live the hand I was dealt in a less poopy way. Lol