Debbie Kinder of Charleston, West Virginia has used an ostomy bag for around four years. Her nonprofit, Kinder's Closet, provides free ostomy supplies to anyone who needs them.

“I have an Ileostomy. This means that I have had my colon removed and I have a stoma. This is on my stomach and it’s where my poop comes out from into an attached bag. You usually can’t see ...

An ostomy pouch is the bag that collects the stool draining from your ostomy ... apply the skin barrier on the skin around the ostomy. 4. Next, attach the pouch, if it was separate. 5. Clamp across ...