My battle with endometriosis and journey to a colostomy
- Thursday, September 8, 2022
Andressa Alvarez describes her seven stage journey to a colostomy and how she feels empowered in her femininity
Stoma Stories
Personal experiences of living with an ostomy, in ostomates’ own words
Pouches, a newfound positivity and the Pride of Britain award
- Thursday, September 8, 2022
Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford describes her journey with ulcerative colitis, a J-pouch and three stomas
My journey with Crohn’s disease, as a nurse and a patient
- Thursday, September 8, 2022
Beth Fenwick recalls how 20 years of living with inflammatory bowel disease led to stoma surgery and a career in specialist nursing
How I reconquered life as a police officer, mother and sometime dancer
- Tuesday, May 24, 2022
Juliana Simões recalls how stoma surgery helped her overcome Crohn’s disease and return to an active, happy life with her profession, friends and family.
How stoma surgery freed me from my terrible teens with Crohn’s disease
- Tuesday, May 24, 2022
Surakhsha Soond recalls her struggles to live with Crohn’s disease as a young teenager and her eventual decision to undergo radical stoma-forming surgery.
Back with a vengeance: taking control after stoma surgery
- Friday, September 17, 2021
Steve Cartmail shares his story of toughing it out through ulcerative colitis, two parastomal hernias and lockdown weight gain
Motherhood, fitness, my ileostomy and me
- Friday, September 17, 2021
Jessica Ormondroyd recalls how she regained her fitness and became a health and fitness coach after two eventful pregnancies, chronic illness and stoma surgery
A little inspiration: Jessica’s stoma journey
- Thursday, April 15, 2021
Kimberly Lucock recounts how her daughter Jessica has stayed smiling through chronic bowel problems and getting a stoma
Something to cheer about: positively Stella
- Thursday, April 15, 2021
Sarah Smith tells how her wife supported her through severe ulcerative colitis and how she was liberated by her ileostomy
My Precious: embracing the beauty of my fistula
- Thursday, April 15, 2021
Eilidh Mackay shares her unique life story of how she has survived two cancers and gained a fistula bag in the process, making her feel more beautiful than ever
Teen trouble: how I got my stoma at 16
- Thursday, October 1, 2020
Oliver Kaye tells how stoma surgery freed him from ulcerative colitis and inspired him to raise awareness and funds for invisible bowel disease
Me again, free again
- Thursday, October 1, 2020
Julie Brown describes how Crohn’s disease and cancer led her to find new love, new life and softball
Holding my chin up with my guts out
- Thursday, September 24, 2020
Sonja Nye recalls how she has kept a positive attitude through her journey from ulcerative colitis to a permanent stoma
Be happy—I am
- Friday, April 24, 2020
Yvonne Haines tells how getting a permanent colostomy and learning to irrigate has transformed her life for the better
Breaking up, an analogy
- Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Luciana Podschun recalls the most difficult decision of her life