Gut Together

Staying strong

Luciana Podschun introduces the autumn 2021 issue of StomaTips

Caring for ourselves

Luciana Podschun introduces the 7th issue of StomaTips

Fearless: how we started No Guts All Glory

Dusty and Andrea Sibley tell how they were inspired to establish a charity to help other people going through bowel surgery

Grin and bear it: finding confidence and purpose with an ileostomy

Kelly Moss tells how her ileostomy helped her reclaim a normal life, and how, after a difficult diagnosis, she renewed her sense of purpose, one bear at a time

Finding support

Consultant editor Luciana Podschun introduces the sixth issue of StomaTips with a celebration of ostomy support groups

No More Secrets: revealing India’s ostomates

Luciana Podschun interviews filmmaker Anisha Vijayan about what inspired No More Secrets, her film about life with a stoma in India

Living to tell the tale: forever ostomy heart

Diana Arango of the Ostomy Heart Foundation recounts her emotional stoma journey from despair to embracing love for herself and others

Purple Wings: supporting ostomates and promoting ostomy awareness

Lauren Henderson recalls how the Purple Wings charity began helping people with a stoma regain confidence and self-esteem

Urostomy Association: 50 years strong in 2021

Hazel Pixley celebrates nearly five decades of the Urostomy Association providing support for people with a urinary stoma

The Kingston Trust

Carolyn Stammers explains how people with an ileostomy or ileo‑anal pouch aged 16 and above can apply for financial support from the Kingston Trust CIO

Coronavirus: stoma care in a global pandemic

Stoma nurse Janaína Maria Felix, patient advocate Steve Cartmail and support group secretary David Bunger discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected their lives