Consultant editor Luciana Podschun introduces the sixth issue of StomaTips with a celebration of ostomy support groups
Sinéad Kelly O’Flynn explains how to look after the skin around your stoma and what do if it becomes red, bumpy, itchy or sore
Andrew Bird explains how ostomates can help the healthcare system save on stoma care prescription costs without compromising on the quality of care
Amy R recalls what she learned living through the coronavirus lockdown with an ileostomy, and how she dealt with the challenges of mental health and stoma care
Matt Tooke cycles through what it takes to enjoy sport, exercise and the great outdoors when you have an ostomy
Frank Prokop recalls how friendship and a love of fishing helped him through cancer treatment and gave him an active, outdoors life with a permanent colostomy
Julie Brown describes how Crohn’s disease and cancer led her to find new love, new life and softball
Oliver Kaye tells how stoma surgery freed him from ulcerative colitis and inspired him to raise awareness and funds for invisible bowel disease
Luciana Podschun interviews filmmaker Anisha Vijayan about what inspired No More Secrets, her film about life with a stoma in India
Diana Arango of the Ostomy Heart Foundation recounts her emotional stoma journey from despair to embracing love for herself and others
Lauren Henderson recalls how the Purple Wings charity began helping people with a stoma regain confidence and self-esteem
Sonja Nye recalls how she has kept a positive attitude through her journey from ulcerative colitis to a permanent stoma