Multiple bowel movements

[fogey0]

I’ve had my colostomy for about a year and a half. For the most part I average changing the bag about twice a day. The output is soft formed. There are days where, for some unknown reason, I need to change it up to six times in just a few hours even though the consistency of output is the same.
Does anyone know the reason for this?

[ot dave]

For me, eating causes peristalsis, which moves the output along the path...Aging could be playing a factor. Have you thought about irrigation. Sounds like you'd be a good candidate, and ideally, you wouldn't have to change pouches at all during the day.

David

[dogtalkerer]

regular or sporadic? this happens to me on occasion, but not in any periodic form. i assume, something I ate was, undercooked,sat on counter too long, bad fast food, something not washed when I should have washed it, odd assortment of lots of spices. store bought gravity does come out quick and lots of flow.

also sounds like you would do better with a drainable bag. I empty my coloplast sensura in about the same time it takes me to pee. once to twice a day then for the rest of the time, bag is completely empty or very near empty.

[fogey0]

Thanks for the replies. I don’t know anything about irrigation but I’ll look into it. The issue is sporadic and just happens sometime. I usually try to tie it back to something I ate. Even when it happens the output is pretty formed and solid. I use the closed end throw away bags because of the consistency emptying them and reusing would not work.
Thanks again!