Clare Mee offers her insight into what to expect when going into hospital for stoma-forming surgery.
Surakhsha Soond recalls her struggles to live with Crohn’s disease as a young teenager and her eventual decision to undergo radical stoma-forming surgery.
Juliana Simões recalls how stoma surgery helped her overcome Crohn’s disease and return to an active, happy life with her profession, friends and family.
Jennie Burch explains how to manage changes in bowel function following reversal of a temporary stoma
Conor Hamilton highlights how to overcome barriers to taking up sport after stoma surgery and where to find advice
Caroline Bramwell describes how she took up competitive swimming, cycling and running after ileostomy surgery for ulcerative colitis
Aneica Duffy explains what it takes to play a highly physical endurance contact sport with an ileostomy
Alannah-Jayne Simpson shares what she has learned from her experience of being pregnant while liv-ing with an ostomy and Crohn’s disease
Gemma Harris reveals how yoga can benefit ostomates both physically and mentally and strengthen self-belief following surgery
Jeanne Dagna recounts a life-saving operation and explains why she is so grateful to have a permanent stoma
Steve Cartmail shares his story of toughing it out through ulcerative colitis, two parastomal hernias and lockdown weight gain
Jessica Ormondroyd recalls how she regained her fitness and became a health and fitness coach after two eventful pregnancies, chronic illness and stoma surgery