yep swishing meaning going back and forth..if a piece of mucus has lodged at the eye it will move it off and you almost get a little more out with the swish...i do..i still do it. My Indiana varies..sometimes i can go in about 5 inches and it just pours out..other times i have to go in and find it...trickly little pouch..it likes to play games with you...and i found swearing at it only made it madder so i became friends with it.
Yeah cut back on the water...drink when you are thirsty..i found after my cystectomy i was more thirsty than before but that tapered off. I drink my coffee in the morning..have juice later on and really not a whole lot inbetween except for dinner. But again i was NEVER a big drinker. But the pouch has not stretched completely yet so holding 200cc's is about its capacity for this week anyway..next week aim for 300.
I know this sounds contrary to what every stoma nurse will tell you but my uro made a lot of sense..he just rolled his eyes and said How much are you drinking and i told him what the nurses told me and he said.."They get carried away with that..drink what you normally would"....problem solved.
I hate to sit..i always stand like the big boys as my navel is up pretty high and i pee right into the container which i sit in my sink..i'm pretty tall so its the perfect height for me and that way i can measure and keep track and then i dump it in the toilet. Now when i'm out i stand and try to hit the toilet but i have much more compassion now for my 3 boys for missing the toilet...but i still think i do a better job than they do!!!
Oh about what my Indiana looks like..i asked the uro at my supra pubic removal ..it just helped to know where it was situated ..i didn't feel so lost cathing. He drew me a picture.
pat