Frank Prokop recalls how friendship and a love of fishing helped him through cancer treatment and gave him an active, outdoors life with a permanent colostomy
Julie Brown describes how Crohn’s disease and cancer led her to find new love, new life and softball
Oliver Kaye tells how stoma surgery freed him from ulcerative colitis and inspired him to raise awareness and funds for invisible bowel disease
Luciana Podschun interviews filmmaker Anisha Vijayan about what inspired No More Secrets, her film about life with a stoma in India
Diana Arango of the Ostomy Heart Foundation recounts her emotional stoma journey from despair to embracing love for herself and others
Lauren Henderson recalls how the Purple Wings charity began helping people with a stoma regain confidence and self-esteem
Sonja Nye recalls how she has kept a positive attitude through her journey from ulcerative colitis to a permanent stoma
Yvonne Haines tells how getting a permanent colostomy and learning to irrigate has transformed her life for the better
Lisa Hall provides a guide to looking after peristomal skin, keeping it clean and knowing when to seek advice on solving problems and using the right accessories
Jennie Burch covers what you need to know if you have an ostomy formed as part of surgery for colorectal cancer
Renata Batas reveals how a balanced diet can keep you healthy and hydrated and a few small changes to what you eat can keep your stoma under control
