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Eating With A Stoma 1 Year After Surgery
It has been a year since my ostomy surgery and my journey with food has certainly been an interesting one. Most of us with bowel disease have certain foods that […]
Read more >Old Stoma vs New Stoma
TW: this post contains bare stoma content For those of you who don’t follow me over on my awareness Instagram page @battlewithendo_ox you won’t know the struggles I had with […]
Read more >Health Update | CrohnsFighting
Stoma surgery doesn’t necessarily cure the owner of their ailments. For some it does… alas for me it has given me a few years of remission but hasn’t completely rid […]
Read more >Battling Endometriosis & my journey to a stoma
I’ve battled a disease called Endometriosis since the tender age of 11 but was officially diagnosed 2 weeks before my 18th birthday. I spent years of being medically gaslighted, told […]
Read more >Coil Removal & Insertion After Barbie Butt Surgery
After having had Barbie Butt Surgery, you may be thinking about having an IUD (intrauterine device, or coil) inserted as a form of contraceptive, or additionally, you may be thinking […]
Read more >Contraceptives After Stoma Surgery
Stoma surgery may alter the anatomy of the uterus. That means in some people, having an ostomy may affect the effectiveness of contraceptives, depending on your surgery and the type […]
Read more >1 Year Stomaversary: Reflecting Back & New Opportunities
I was clearly always meant to have a stoma even if my body had a 29 year break from my first! I was a baby for the first one, then […]
Read more >Smear test after Barbie Butt Surgery: Louise shares her experience & top tips
After Panproctocolectomy surgery having a smear test may well be the last thing on your mind but smear tests are important and are a way of checking your cervix cells […]
Read more >Amber’s Young Diagnosis Story: Age 13
I feel that I was very much kept in the dark when it came to my treatments and care. I feel as if I was very much kept protected from the harsh reality and truths of the extents of the disease and the treatments and that this isn’t always the best way. I would have benefitted from being told more, made more aware and generally being a part of my care plan rather than only finding things out at the last minute when at breaking point
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