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I use support wear on a daily basis and am always in it unless I am in the shower or swimming. I wear it around the house, to work, to exercise and to sleep in. I have different items of support wear that provide varying levels of support depending on what I am doing. If I am sleeping or sat watching tv I have a very low level of support and if I am running or doing a class at the gym I wear my highest level of support. I have a few items from the high street that are tummy control type garments so they're either knickers that come high up your abdomen or they're long vests that are made of much tighter material than a vest usually would be. However what I use the most are the two below items that are both made by Suportx. There are a lot of manufacturers of specialist support wear for people with stomas and for hernia preventation, I have found Suportx meets my needs the best. My first stoma resulted in a hernia and so I've been wearing support wear for as long as I ha...

I carry a small emergency supply kit with me in case I needed to do a bag change.  I use a Cath Kidston gadget case which is an ideal size for everything I need and looks like a cosmetics case in my handbag.  Here's what's in my supply kit: SenSura Mio pre-cut bag so I don't have to carry scissors around with me or cut a bag if I had a leak Brava remover wipes to help get the old bag off my skin Black bags to dispose of waste items Cavilon barrier wipes to ensure the new bag adheres to my skin Stomahesive paste Brava elastic tape to help increase wear time of my bag A Radar key in case I use a disabled toilet A Dioralyte sachet in case I ever feel dehydrated I always have Andrex wet wipes in my handbag and although not ideal to use directly on the skin around your stoma, I would make do with these in an emergency and have a good clean of the area and ensure it wasn't too sore when back home.