Hi Cynthia,
Thank you so much for your helpful reply to my leakage problem. Sorry to be so long in replying, but we have been traveling and no internet. Something amazing has happened and I have no idea of why, but I haven't leaked since I heard from you!! Maybe I scared my body with the threat of a bag! Lol. I realized during all this that it isn't the valve as I was afraid of. I had a CT scan and had to drink 32 oz of water. By the time I got home and got to the bathroom I actually drained just under 1000cc. and had not one drop of leaking. I was shocked. I have discovered that if there is too much mucus there is a problem so I have been drinking more water - not less as I had been inclined to do. It works just the opposite of what one might think. I had planned to begin irrigating again but there has been no need. By the way, I was using cut up puppy pee pads for protection, but have recently started using ABD pads which last the whole day and very comfortable.
Again my many thanks for your quick response. We belong to a very special climb
Best regards,
Nancy