Swimming with an ostomy
Swimming is a huge milestone for most ostomates. You need to be in a place where you feel comfortable enough to wear swimwear, and feel confident in your ostomy products that you can go swimming with no leaks. This is not to be underestimated. When you are at that point…
Read more >Top 5 tips for managing mental health and winter blues
How are you doing? January for some gives an air of hope, a fresh start, a chance to start over. For others, it is a come down from the hype of the Christmas period, and the shorter daylight hours and colder temperatures don’t leave us feeling too positive. For others…
Read more >Festive experiences with a stoma
Having children with a chronic illness can mean adapting the activities and experiences that you attend over the festive period. Where toileting is involved, the most important thing is to ensure you check the facilities are adequate for your child’s needs before attending. If you are a carer and have…
Read more >New year expectations v reality
As the end of a year draws closer, our devices flood us with adverts and prompts asking if we are ready to get fitter, stronger, and become a new version of ourselves. Fancy reels and adverts encourage us to take up ‘unmissable’ offers for gym memberships, dietary products, and all…
Read more >Managing stoma leaks
Stoma life can throw all sorts of curve balls at you. It doesn’t matter how long you have had a stoma, if you have the best stoma nurse guiding you, or your surgery went perfectly, life is sent to try us! As humans we must adapt, learn, take it as…
Read more >Balancing parenting with a stoma
Having a stoma affects many aspects of daily life. In the early days, I found I was on edge and in fight mode waiting for a leak as I navigated finding the right bag for me, finding a bag change routine, and establishing a diet of foods that I could…
Read more >Moving house with a stoma
Moving house is arguably one of the most stressful things you can do in life. I haven’t had to do it in 10 years, but fast forward to now and we are attempting to do it with young kids. Any move is stressful, but when you have three of four…
Read more >From Surviving to Thriving: A Guide to Self-Love with a Stoma
From Surviving to Thriving: A Guide to Self-Love with a Stoma You’re not alone in feeling that adjusting to life with a stoma is a BIG change. It’s far from straightforward, emotions like relief, self-consciousness, and everything in between are all part of the process. This path toward self-love and…
Read more >Parenting with a stoma
Having been chronically ill for the last nearly 20 years, amassing a huge amount of surgery and endless hospital appointments is completely normal and part of my everyday life.However, when one has a child, it puts a completely different angle on this and I am forever suffering with a guilt complex, in the fact I put my little girl through part of what I have to experience as an ostomate with frequent hospital admissions
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