Laura MacKenzie recalls the frightening illness that led to a rapid and successful recovery and two healthy stomas
Rachael Kin describes how she got back up after a bolt from the blue and proved she could still be a model and take care of her daughter
Alannah-Jayne Simpson talks about how she learned to live with, and eventually love, her stoma
Luciana Podschun recounts how her colostomy has freed her from fearful risk, brought her closer to her family and hasn’t stopped them from travelling together
Alan Northey reveals how a barrage of bowel diseases couldn’t keep a new dad down
After her temporary ileostomy was reconnected, Sue Taylor describes why she has no regrets about going back to having a stoma
Rachel Jury tells the often difficult story of how she became the proud owner of Bob the ileostomy and Squirt the urostomy
Talya Goding recounts how writing and friendship have helped her live with terminal cancer and a particularly troublesome ileostomy
Hattie Gladwell tells us how she came to terms with her temporary ostomy and why she now sort-of misses it