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by Sam Melling
Hide And Seek With My Hidden Illness
by Sam Melling
With Hidden Disabilities Week on her mind, Sam has been thinking over her relationship with her body and how it can often play games with her.
Categories: Living With A Stoma, Disability, Mental Health
by Sam Melling
Holidays And Hydration With An Ileostomy
by Sam Melling
Sam doesn’t let her stoma hold her back from a good holiday and wants to share her advice and experience to help other ostomates with their travels.
Read MoreCategories: Living With A Stoma, Travel

by Sam Melling
Ostomates Online
by Sam Melling
Sam has a lot of good people in her life, the ones she can appreciate in person and the ones online who may not even know how much they’ve helped her. In this blog she shares her favourite quote about friendship and explains how grateful she is for the ostomy community online.
Read MoreCategories: Living With A Stoma, Relationships

by Sam Melling
A Thank You To My Dad
by Sam Melling
Sam’s dad has always liked to fix things – but he couldn’t fix her subtotal colectomy. In this blog, Sam considers all the ways he’s given her support instead…
Read MoreCategories: Parenting
by Sam Melling
Flares - And Not The Kind You Wear
by Sam Melling
Life after stoma surgery can be difficult, but what’s it like when you’re still living with the symptoms of IBD? Sam shares her struggles with mental health and letting people know she’s not ‘absolutely fine’.
Read MoreCategories: Living With A Stoma, Mental Health
by Sam Melling
Spring Greens In My Step – Eating Habits With A Stoma
by Sam Melling
With the promise of spring, Sam reflects on her stoma surgery and how her experience has affected not only her physical boundaries but how she approaches her plate.
Categories: Living With A Stoma, Diet, Mental Health