Features

Buttony: normalising ostomies for kids

Find out all about Buttony Bear and how the charity A Bear Named Buttony helps children across the UK

Keeping focus

Luciana Podschun discusses how to keep motivated and focused during the winter, looking at how ostomates can keep active and healthy

Who are the Urostomy Association?

Find out all about how the Urostomy Association (UA) can help those who have a urostomy or another form of urinary diversion

Specific carbohydrate diet hot slow cooker apple cider

Enjoy Abigail Marie’s traditional apple cider with this recipe designed with ostomates in mind

My road to ileostomy surgery

My road to ileostomy surgery

Colostomy UK’s stoma aware campaign

Colostomy UK introduces their awareness campaign and how they’re trying to make facilities better for ostomates

Defying the limits

Andrew Wakefield tells StomaTips how he defied expectations when got his ostomy. Not only continuing his fitness journey, but thriving

Expecting the unexpected: travelling with a stoma

Consultant Editor, Luciana Podschun, shares her personal experiences of travelling with a stoma

Guts UK/Stoma Tips

Guts UK is the charity for the digestive system and is the only UK charity funding research into the digestive system from top to tail; the gut, liver and pancreas

Travelling with confidence

This month, Illeostomy and Internal Pouch Association discusses the key information needed when travelling

Finding joy in the colostomy storm

Desiree Montalvo-Holt shares her story of triumph over adversity, offering hope and guidance to others facing their own health storms

Having a stoma doesn’t need to stop you enjoying life

Introducing Ileostomy and Internal Pouch Association, a charity that supports people living with an ileostomy or internal pouch, their families, friends and carers