History Behind the Stoma
History Behind the Stoma Sat down as I do and having the thought, Is there a history behind the stoma? Which person sat down one evening and thought, I know, what if I pull your insides to the outside, this could potentially save a life or improve the quality of…
Read more >Stomas & Stomach Aches – Managing Stress & Ibd
Stomas & Stomach Aches – Managing Stress & Ibd Stress & IBD April is Stress Awareness Month, and unfortunately from knowing of others’ experience with IBD, as well as my own, stress is something that can, and does, impact Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) hugely. The two can go hand in…
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 know that illness’ such as IBD can cause added stress within daily living and in turn, that stress can have…
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 to want to go and see someone that is not directly sitting in your house. How do you combat boredom?…
Read more >Covid 19, Self-Isolation and Managing With Stress
Covid 19, Self-Isolation and Managing With Stress As of the 23rd of March, the entire country is meant to be implementing lockdown, those of us with health issues are to practice stringent social distancing and for those with worse health, they are to practice 12 weeks of self-isolation. It is…
Read more >Ostomate Recipe: Chicken with Parma Ham and Mozzarella
Louise’s step by step guide for cooking that is healthy, tasty and gives you that warm and cosy feeling that is ostomy friendly and in most cases suitable for ileostomy patients.
Read more >International Day of Happiness 2020: 5 Happy Things About Life With a Stoma
International Day of Happiness 2020: 5 Happy Things About Life With a Stoma Friday 20th March 2020 is International Day of Happiness. Since having my permanent ileostomy, “Stacey Stoma”, formed in 2011, my stoma journey has been one of big ups and downs! Life with a stoma has definitely not…
Read more >International Women’s Day: Appreciating Your Beauty
It took me a long time to learn how to love myself. I had my ostomy at the age of 13 so growing up and trying to fit in was a hard task. For a while I hated the way I looked, I hated that I couldn’t dress the same as my friends, I hated that I had scars and an ostomy. It took me over 5 years to finally realise that having scars is the norm for many people.
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 reasons as to why I work as an ambassador and spend time raising awareness on living life with my constant…
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.
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