Helping you live your life with confidence
- Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Paola Simoneschi introduces the Urostomy Association and the services they offer to support ostomates.
Gut Together
Providing services and support for people with a stoma, submitted by companies, charities and support groups
Colostomy UK: we support all ostomates
- Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Richard Biddle introduces Colostomy UK and the ways the charity can support the stoma community
Gutsy Mum on holiday
- Thursday, September 8, 2022
Gutsy Mum Rachel Allen describes how she managed both her and her son’s stomas on a seaside holiday, with useful tips and tricks for fellow ostomates
Letting go of things
- Thursday, September 8, 2022
Luciana Podschun describes her summer during the heatwave and how she has found a new place to live.
Race to parliament for people with a stoma
- Thursday, September 8, 2022
Shabnam Ali reports on the ‘Stomas in Parliament’ relay race to raise awareness of ostomy issues among UK MPs
Back on the court: hosting international basketball with a stoma
- Thursday, September 8, 2022
Eric Douglin tells how he bounced back from emergency bowel resection to host the World Club Basketball Tournament
Unspoken rosebud my ileostomy journey
- Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Helinka Carr describes how stoma surgery encouraged her to put her sewing skills into launching an ostomy-friendly fashion brand.
In search of lost time
- Tuesday, May 24, 2022
Luciana describes life after COVID-19, travelling to visit her family in Brazil and the importance of making memories with our loved ones.
Loving life as a stoma care nurse with an ileostomy
- Friday, September 17, 2021
Silvia Karina Moreira Seifert charts a life that has taken her from Crohn’s disease to an ostomy and a nursing career in Brazil and Chile
Staying strong
- Friday, September 17, 2021
Luciana Podschun introduces the autumn 2021 issue of StomaTips
Fearless: how we started No Guts All Glory
- Thursday, April 15, 2021
Dusty and Andrea Sibley tell how they were inspired to establish a charity to help other people going through bowel surgery
Caring for ourselves
- Thursday, April 15, 2021
Luciana Podschun introduces the 7th issue of StomaTips
Grin and bear it: finding confidence and purpose with an ileostomy
- Thursday, April 15, 2021
Kelly Moss tells how her ileostomy helped her reclaim a normal life, and how, after a difficult diagnosis, she renewed her sense of purpose, one bear at a time
Living to tell the tale: forever ostomy heart
- Thursday, October 1, 2020
Diana Arango of the Ostomy Heart Foundation recounts her emotional stoma journey from despair to embracing love for herself and others
Finding support
- Thursday, October 1, 2020
Consultant editor Luciana Podschun introduces the sixth issue of StomaTips with a celebration of ostomy support groups