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Hey all, I'm new to this site. I've been a member of the healing well forums and have found some great help/advice there. I also asked this question over there and got some solid answers but was wondering if I'd get any other suggestions here, so here goes.

I've had my end ileo for about 5 weeks now and overall it's been pretty good with little to no complications. However, I switched over to convex light wafers from coloplast and I get this burning/pulling sensation on my skin under the wafer. I don't have any leakage and when I change the setup the skin looks fine and non-irritated. It's driving me nuts.

One of the suggestions on healing well was that it could be nerve endings adjusting. I'm also thinking that since this is new with the convexity, could it be the skin just being irritated from being "pushed" down around my stoma? Either way I hope it's just something that works itself out. What do you think??? Thanks!

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Heya Rabbit! Nice to see you over here Smiler

Let me know what your doctor thinks!

Also sometimes it's worth posting questions about ostomies under the "General Discussion" board (since most jpouchers had an ileo at some point, it's worth posting there). Many people don't scroll down all way to the "Ostomies" board but are happy to offer advice and suggestions.

Have a great day!
P
Thanks, Poucher.

So according to my WOCN, I'm cleaning my area a little too good and might be aggravating the skin that touches the stoma. It could also be the adhesive remover wipes. So the solution is to not scrub the area and to not use the adhesive remover wipes so close to the stoma. Also, I need to cut my wafers a bit bigger.

Luckily its not any type of infection so hopefully these simple things will clear it up in a few days.
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