Abruptly sitting up straight from a flat-on-your-back position can pop your pouch loose.
So can bending over to clean out the bathtub, or picking up something off the floor, or stretching high to reach something.
Learn to get in and out of bed on your side. Get in bed by sitting far onto the bed and going down on your elbow while holding the mattress with the other hand, and swing your legs up.
To get up, roll over on your side and use your elbow to push up, while holding the mattress with the other hand and swing your legs sideways off the bed.
Get a clamp-type reacher for reaching down and a stool for reaching high shelves.
Learn to lift and carry on the side of your leg, carry things high, or drag it, or get someone to help.
Ostomates get hernias easier than anyone else.
Via: Southern Maryland Counties Chapter
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