Stoma Reversal Q&A With Natalie-Amber
Stoma Reversal Q&A With Natalie-Amber Happy August my beautiful Pelican Friends, How are you all? I have been loving this weather and getting so used to it that when our friend the rain came along I haven’t been wanted him here. Take a look here to view my latest project….
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…
Read more >2020 Stoma Friendly Summer Styles & Hacks
2020 Stoma Friendly Summer Styles & Hacks Hi all! So seeing as we’re slowly (slowly) regaining a part of ‘normality’ I thought I’d focus my post for this month on summer styles with a stoma to give some ideas, hacks and inspiration for outfits this summer whether you’re venturing out…
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 summer-ready has started to float around due to the numerous lockdown groups that have popped up. Some of us have…
Read more >Body Image With a Stoma
Body Image With a Stoma With the weather getting warmer recently (although I now don’t know where the sun is hiding), body image is something that starts to spring to a lot of people’s minds, including myself. Naturally, even before my stoma, how I would look when more of my…
Read more >Bile Acid Malabsorption (BAM) | What Is It?
Bile Acid Malabsorption (BAM) | What is it? Just to confirm this is written from personal experience and should not be taken as clinical advice. Should you think this may well be a thing then please see your relevant teams to have this investigated* I have to admit I have…
Read more >The Positives of Stoma Life
The Positives of Stoma Life Being told you need stoma life can be daunting. You may have only ever heard brief snippets regarding stoma life and usually you will always hear the negatives rather than the positives. Don’t get me wrong there may well be some initial teething issues postoperative…
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