Blog posts by Aleesha Verma

Having a good night’s sleep is important, even if you have a stoma. After surgery your sleeping pattern may change; Aleesha has shared six useful tips to modify your bedtime routine and help achieve a restful night of sleep.

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.

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.