Summer Styling as a Woman With a Stoma
Summer Styling as a Woman With a Stoma Whether a well-rehearsed “ostomate” or if you’re new to the stoma world, fashion can definitely be one of those daunting things, especially […]
Read more >Tips for Keeping a Schedule During Self-Isolation
Tips for Keeping a Schedule During Self-Isolation Hello, My Fellow Isolation Gang, schedule I hope you’re doing okay and keeping safe during this difficult time. I completely get how everybody’s […]
Read more >Stress Awareness Month: Top Tips on Dealing With Stressful and Anxious Periods
Stress Awareness Month: Top Tips on Dealing With Stressful and Anxious Periods Although we now know that stress and anxiety aren’t the cause of illness’ such as IBD, we do […]
Read more >Covid-19: Ways to Keep a Routine During Isolation
Covid-19: Ways to Keep a Routine During Isolation During these times of perhaps forgetting what day it is, wanting to climb the walls through boredom or just ignoring that itch […]
Read more >International Women’s Day: Women Don’t Poo & Other Lies
Despite what fairy tales and cartoons might portray of women releasing nothing but flowery smelling pink sparkles, us women do indeed fart, burp and poo (in fact, it can be worrying if you don’t but that’s a whole different story) and, these things don’t make us any less ‘feminine’, beautiful or worthy – they simply make us real.
Read more >International Women’s Day: CrohnsFighting, Pelican & Me
International Women’s Day: CrohnsFighting, Pelican & Me Today is International Women’s Day and I was kindly asked by Pelican if I could write a post about myself for this and […]
Read more >International Women’s Day: Living as a Young Woman With a Stoma
Being a young woman with a stoma has opened me up to many amazing opportunities, especially in the last few years, within the stoma world itself. Being a Brand Ambassador for a few stoma companies has allowed me to be a voice for young women who have had stoma surgery, and has helped me to reach out to those who have probably just needed that little encouragement to feel more empowered & that having a stoma bag attached to your body is definitely something to celebrate & embrace. It makes my heart warm & my suffering worthwhile every time I get a message from somebody saying that something I have done has helped them.
Read more >Dream Wedding Dress with an Ostomy: Part 2
On the day of the dress shopping, I was having my hair bleached, toned and styled so we could get a good idea of what I would look like with the right dress. I had a slight epic meltdown as the nude knickers and bras I own are now slightly too big for me and I had no time to sort that out.
Read more >Barbie Butt Life – What’s Changed?
It’s been over a year since Louise has had her Barbie Butt surgery – what has she been up to since?
Read more >Getting Through Airport Security With an Ostomy
We see it time and time again: the airport security are ignorant to what a stoma is. Personally I think that it is a bit like Russian roulette as to how we get treated going through airport security. As times are changing and people are being educated then fingers crossed the horror stories we hear are less likely to re-occur.
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