Blog posts by Aleesha Verma

Aleesha has lots of well-meaning friends and family around her, but some of their suggestions during her battle with ulcerative colitis were quite frustrating. Homemade remedies were never going to ‘cure’ her disease. Read on to learn about her experience.

With beach holidays on her mind, Aleesha provides some tips for swimming with a stoma and shares what works for her.

When Aleesha first had stoma surgery she was concerned that having an ileostomy would hold her back in life, here she explains how wrong she was and why having a stoma has actually enhanced her life.

Aleesha is known as the Gutless Warrior online, sharing her stoma journey and offering advice to her fellow ostomates and those living with IBD. Read on to hear how this came about and why she’s so happy to help.

In this blog post Aleesha shares how her long-term relationship has been affected over the years by her inflammatory bowel disease and stoma surgery.

Aleesha’s stoma is now five years old, which is cause for celebration in Aleesha’s house. Here she shares the top five things she’s learnt along the way.