Beyond the Bag: Why Emotional and Mental Recovery Matters After Stoma, Ostomy Surgery You've healed physically, but what about the emotional side of recovery? When we talk about life after…
Living with a stoma, ostomy after surgery can turn your world upside down. Even when the physical healing is going well, the emotional side can catch up with you when…
Grieving the Life You Had Before Stoma, Ostomy Surgery: The Loss Nobody Talks AboutYou can be thankful to be alive and still grieve the life you had before. Both things…
There is something nobody really tells you before stoma, ostomy surgery.They tell you how to change the bag.They tell you about output.They tell you about skin care, leaks, eating, drinking…
There is something I wish somebody had told me before my stoma, ostomy surgery.One day, this bag could actually give me freedom.Not immediately.Not while I was lying in a hospital…
Plan Your Life, Not Your Stoma, Ostomy: Learning to Live Beyond the Bag There was a time when my bowel dictated pretty much everything I did. Where I went. How…
You Don’t Have to Know It All: Learning to Live With Your Stoma One Step at a TimeWhen I think back to my first stoma, ostomy surgery, I realise something…
From Surviving to Thriving: Finding Life Again After Stoma Surgery“Bloody hell, I’m actually living again.”I don't think there was one particular moment when I suddenly woke up and thought, Oh…
There is something I want you to remember if you are living with a stoma, ostomy, or you are preparing to have one. Your stoma, ostomy is part of your…
Have I Lost Myself After Stoma, Ostomy Surgery?There was a time when I genuinely wondered who the bloody hell I was anymore.Before bowel cancer came along and turned my life…