I so totally LOVE you!!! Tonight I KNEW my bag would leak if I left it on all night. I just felt it, But a problem... I just ate a big Christmas dinner. What is a girl to do. Eat 5 Marshmallows and wait ten min. Perfect!!!! I don't know how you found out the old marshmallow trick but you saved my butt tonight. A Christmas miracle...


Jessica

LOL never worked for me... We are all so different and great to find tricks that work Hope dinner went well and merry xmas to you and the marshmellow man/woman LOL!

Marshmellows kinda worked for me most or some of the time but I was having such trouble with my bag leaking and needing to be changed everyday for 5 weeks that eating marshmellows became my least favorite think. I will be okay if I NEVER SEE ANOTHER MARSHMELLOW. I do agree that who ever came up with that idea was really on top of things.

MERRY CHRIST~mas everyone

I use them every change too. Even if it's first thing in the morning. Great trick.

Wife bought the mini marshmallows this time, and sometimes a little one might get through from time to time.

Jessica,
While I can't take credit for the marshmallow trick, I do preach that one a lot, because it worked like a CHARM for me- it was like completely turning off a faucet!

I don't even remember where I heard it from (most probably from somebody here!), but very glad it worked for you!

//Todd

It never really worked for me either. Perhaps I was doing something wrong? Do you guys swalllow them whole or chew them?

I found that wine gums (similar to gummy bears but with a lot less sugar) worked better for me.

Shell

Ohhh, there is my problem... I just kept pushing them into the stoma and then they would shoot out.. I was suspose to eat them - Hmmmm... Jk ... Happy day after xmas all!

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Jason,
You're supposed to cram them into your STOMA- not into your ostomy!

How many times do I have to explain that to you?!?

//Todd

LOL

Forgive my ignorance, but can someone please explain in detail what the marshmellow trick is. Thanks.

Latest discussion on the marshmallow trick is here:
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I used to eat a couple of the large marshmallows about 10-15 minutes before changing my ostomy, and it would stop any/all output from my stoma like a faucet... worked great!

//Todd

Hmmmmmm.... so THAT's what I was doing wrong!

Ok so really guys.... do you swallow the marshmallows whole or do you chew well? Only I always chewed and they didn't do a thing for me.

Shell

Perfect timing for this post! So, I'm on my second loop ileo (about 4 months now) and the other night I tried the marshmallow trick for the first time. I ate about 4 medium ones (and yes, I chew them) and then took my bag off and took my shower. I was so impressed! I didn't have any output in the shower! It was great because I hate having to make sure it all washes down the drain and doesn't get stuck under the mat.

Anyway, I got out and put tp around my stoma as usual and stepped out of the bathroom to get something. Then, I got a bit too overconfident and started watching an interesting show on tv for a few minutes. I apparently went back into the bathroom just in time because as I sat down on the toilet and removed the tp my stoma suddenly became Old Faithful! It started pouring out and there was nothing I could do! I was grabbing more and more tp and trying to wipe up and get a new handful on there but it was too much. After what seemed like forever (but was probably only about a minute or two of non-stop flow) it finally slowed enough for me to get cleaned up and get a new bag on.

Moral of the story is....the marshmallow trick works great, but don't get too c*cky!!

What an experience!!

Erin

Shell,
Now I'd expect that from a cop (Jason), but NOT from you!

I'd eat them like normal- nothing fancy!

Looks like I'm headed back to eating them on a regular basis again- whooo-hoooo!

//Todd

nope shell I did not chew that well. I used 5 big marshmallows wait 10 min and the output stopped for about 5 min.