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
Stoma Stories
Personal experiences of living with an ostomy, in ostomates’ own words
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
Pageantry with purpose: from stoma surgery to catwalk confidence
- Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Jessica Mary Logan describes her challenging journey to a J-pouch that led her to establish a pageant to inspire body confidence in people with invisible illnesses
Bags for life: a remarkable recovery
- Thursday, September 12, 2019
Laura MacKenzie recalls the frightening illness that led to a rapid and successful recovery and two healthy stomas
Not doubting Tomas: learning to laugh after challenging surgery
- Thursday, September 12, 2019
Clare Mee looks back on the complications, predicaments and valuable lessons she has shared with Tomas, her stoma
Loving Lola
- Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Alannah-Jayne Simpson talks about how she learned to live with, and eventually love, her stoma
Model mama
- Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Rachael Kin describes how she got back up after a bolt from the blue and proved she could still be a model and take care of her daughter