Blog posts by Aleesha Verma

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.

Aleesha was just 18 when she had emergency surgery to form her ileostomy. Although she will be forever grateful for how it saved her life, here she shares a little about the shock of visiting her consultant for Ulcerative Colitis then waking up from surgery with a stoma.