Summer fashion tips with an ostomy
Summer fashion tips with an ostomy: embrace style and comfort with Pelican’s ModaVi bags Hey everyone! Summer is here, and I couldn’t be more excited to share some of my favourite fashion tips for looking fabulous and feeling comfortable with an ostomy. This season, I’m all about the satin silk…
Read more >Holidaying with multiple ostomates
Holidaying with multiple ostomates As I type this, we have just come back from our first holiday as a family of four, with three of us with a stoma. I won’t lie, I was quite apprehensive. My eldest is 8 and I know the drill with a baby, but having…
Read more >Navigating stoma life outside the home
Navigating stoma life outside the home Having two children with stomas and one myself, the most important thing for me when leaving the house is being prepared for the good, bad and the ugly! If we don’t go out long enough for anyone’s bags to need emptying, we go about…
Read more >Summer with a stoma
Summer with a stoma Here’s hoping we get a summer so this blog is relevant. One of the things I learnt quickly when I had stoma surgery was hydration is key! We can become dehydrated quicker than someone with a full digestive system. I find having a bottle with me…
Read more >Summer ostomate tips
Summer ostomate tips With Summer having arrived and the warm weather hopefully here to stay for a few months, ostomates need to consider some lifestyle changes going forward. The warm weather can affect everything from the clothes you wear, your diet and your supplies. Here are my tips for staying…
Read more >Embracing Body Positivity with a Stoma Bag: Your Guide to Confidence and Comfort
Embracing Body Positivity with a Stoma Bag: Your Guide to Confidence and Comfort Summer is here, which comes with it the joy of holidays, bikinis, and summer dresses. However, for those of us with a stoma bag, it can be challenging to find the body confidence because of the beauty…
Read more >My Summer with My Stoma (Bertha!)
My Summer with My Stoma (Bertha!) It’s pretty appropriate that as I’m writing this post there’s a heat wave and I am sat indoors hugging my air conditioning unit and sleeping on the sofa as this heat doesn’t always agree with my body as a general whole. I have also…
Read more >Get outdoors and enjoy sporting activities with a stoma
Get outdoors and enjoy sporting activities with a stoma The arrival of warmer weather and longer days in the summer prompts us to spend more time outside. Maintaining an active lifestyle with a stoma during the warmer summer months is very achievable. With careful consideration and preparation, you can partake…
Read more >Body Confidence & Swimwear With a Stoma
I am finally getting on an aeroplane and flying to sunny Greece; it is going to be amazing and I can not wait to feel the enjoyment of some R&R alongside not having to think about work for an entire 10 days. The villa we have booked looks idyllic…
Read more >5 Summer Stoma Fashion Tips
Hello my lovely Pelican readers! If you are a follower of my Instagram and/or know me, you will know that I am really into my clothes & putting together outfits. It’s been 10 years (August 9th) since my lifesaving stoma surgery & my love for what I wear & my…
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