Stoma Tips

Keeping hold of what really matters

Luciana Podschun discusses her key takeaways from StomaTips learning day 2024

Cleaning and caring for your stoma

Sarah Palmer guides readers through some top tips for cleaning and maintaining your stoma

Breaking barriers: mental health in the ostomate community

Benjamin Saunders introduces some reflections from his mental health research in the ostomate community

Embracing my vulnerability: an ostomate journey

Ostomate Andressa Alvarez discusses how it is important to grieve your pre-stoma life and embrace the new

Spreading ostomate awareness with Mollie Pearce

StomaTips is joined by Mollie Pearce, finalist of the hit BBC show, The Traitors. In this Q&A session, find out how being an ostomate has shaped her life so far, and the new opportunities she now has...

Colostomy UK is increasing its focus on local communities

Colostomy UK details the development, growth and aims of their latest role: the Community Engagement Lead

Nourishing your wellness: essential stoma nutrition

Beth Coldrick lists her easily digestible nutrition tips for ostomates

Finding a purpose: using my stoma journey to help other ostomates

André Estrela turned his Crohn’s disease diagnosis into a positive force, becoming an ostomy influencer and creating the support platform ‘Ostomia em Foco’

Stoma story: ‘the kid with a bag’

Oliver Kaye, known online as @thekidwithabag looks back at his stoma journey and how he uses his social media to empower himself and his followers

Things I wish I had been told before my surgery

Richard Biddle talks to Colostomy UK volunteer, Debs, about the many different things she wishes she was told before her stoma surgery

What can I eat now that I have a stoma?

Jennie Burch explores the available resources guiding ostomates on their diet and offers nutritional advice

Keep calm: how to manage stress when living with an ostomy

Feeling anxious after stoma surgery or stressed about ostomy issues? Gemma Harris talks to experts, who reveal what you can do to relieve these worries