Colostomy vs Ileostomy: The People Behind Them
A stoma is an artificial opening surgically formed to pass waste from the body. In the pelvic region, the three main types of stoma are: An ileostomy A colostomy A urostomy The functions of an ileostomy and colostomy are to pass poop whereas a urostomy passes urine. I have an…
Read more >Is There a Right or Wrong Way of Emptying Your Stoma Bag?
Is There a Right or Wrong Way of Emptying Your Stoma Bag? Myself being ever so curious & nosy I posted up polls across my handles at the beginning of March and left them to run for a week or so. Along with responding to everyone’s comments. I have to…
Read more >Q&A With Louise: Common Stoma Surgery Questions
Q&A With Louise: Common Stoma Surgery Questions As part of my accounts, I regularly get messages or questions on my posts or on a blog post that has gone live. I thought once a month I can either write a blog post and make a video answering some of the…
Read more >Fashion Options to Accommodate Scars & Stomas
Fashion Options to Accommodate Scars & Stomas Happy HALLOWEEN, my gorgeous Pelican lovers, Hope you’re doing okay? It’s Halloween, one of my favourite times of the year. I am gutted we can’t do much this year though, last year I dressed up as a character from Mortal Kombat and had…
Read more >Dealing with Chronic Fatigue
Dealing with Chronic Fatigue There are times in our lives or my life when I hit a brick wall, that wall consists of headaches, feeling dizzy and an overwhelming need to sleep. For me it is something that I live with and deal with on a daily basis, this thing…
Read more >De-bagging Stoma Myths
De-bagging Stoma Myths Over on my Instagram, I decided to run a “Stoma Myths” week to de-bag some stoma myths with the help of some inspirational people within the stoma community. I thought it would be great to translate the myths over to a blog format to allow those of…
Read more >Is Dating Harder With an Ostomy?
Is Dating Harder With an Ostomy? Scrolling through my newsfeed the other day and an article peaked my attention. This was the said article. The letter writer says: “???????? ???????????? ???????????????????? ???????????????? ???????? ???????????????? ???????? ???????????????????? ???????????? ????????????????????’???? ????????????????????????????. ???????? ???????????? ???????? ???????????????????????? ???????????? — ???????? ???????????? ???????? ???????????????????????? ????…
Read more >Stomas & Sleepwear | Choosing Nightwear With a Stoma
Stomas & Sleepwear | Choosing Nightwear With a Stoma Even before my ileostomy surgery in 2011, clothes were one of the big worries on my “worry list”. What would I be able to wear with a stoma bag? What clothes would I have to cut out altogether? Was I going…
Read more >What is an Ileoscope?
What is an Ileoscope? For those of us with IBD, colonoscopies, endoscopes and gastroscopies are par the course of life alongside nasty bowel preparation and having things put where the sun wouldn’t typically deem fit to shine upon. Scopes are par the course, occasionally strip away one’s dignity and are…
Read more >My Summer Stoma Routine
My Summer Stoma Routine I was asked to write about my summer month routine with my stoma. I had to sit and think, does my routine change? Do I use different products? Do I eat differently? Is there anything I have changed? Stoma life for me is now such a…
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