5 Things to Remember in 2021
5 Things to Remember in 2021 Happy New Year my gorgeous people, I hope you had a good Christmas and New Year despite the circumstances we are currently in. I […]
Read more >Body Confidence With a Stoma
Body Confidence With a Stoma With the majority of us being in lockdown due to Coronavirus since March the current laughs and jokes about weight gain, not being bikini or […]
Read more >Body Confidence After Stoma Reversal: Part 2
Body Confidence After Stoma Reversal Part 2. I had 3 ladies do my shoot with stoma bags! I am so proud of each and every one of them for different reasons. Jasmine, one of my closest friends joined in my first body confidence shoot earlier in the year, went from being such a shy, insecure girl to ‘I don’t care – I am fabulous, sassy and in my undies rocking Stanley the Stoma’
Read more >Body Confidence After Stoma Reversal: Part 1
This month I am talking about Body Confidence. I am going to split this blog into two parts because I have so much to say on this subject. So as you all already know due to having Crohn’s Disease and having a stoma bag for a year I was left with two scars. One all the way down my stomach and the stoma bag scar on the right side of my tummy just below my belly button.
Read more >Preparing for Sports and Staying Active with a Stoma
Do you ever worry about being active as an ostomate? Dan talks about his experience on how he stays active with a stoma and how he prepares for training.
Read more >Embracing Body Positivity at the Purple Wings Charity Calendar Shoot
Louise talks about her experience taking part in the Purple Wings Charity Calendar Shoot and how it embraces stoma life as a normality and highlights that ostomates are still attractive even after surgery.
Read more >Dream Wedding Dress with an Ostomy: Part 1
Out of the blue my Panda proposed to me and its official we are getting married next year, roll on the 27th of June 2020. It is full wedding mode this end and we are seeing the Vicar on the 5th of August. This man of mine has been through the mill and has seen me through two life changing surgeries alongside some family issues and a house sale. Planning the wedding Is easy, looking for a dress is filling me with dread.
Read more >To Wear Or Not to Wear A Bikini
The summer holiday season and hot weather is fast approaching and finding the right bikini or swimming costume is a task that I don’t undertake lightly. I have to consider my stoma bag, size of stoma and placement which makes ordering online a pain so I have to go out and try on the items prior to purchase
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