Blog posts by Jen McGregor

In part three of Jen’s Looking Back series she discusses the many complications she’s faced since having her stoma surgery, and the effect of losing her brother to cancer.

In part two of Jen’s Looking Back series she discusses the different medications she tried in order to avoid having a stoma and why she wishes she had just had the surgery sooner.

As the anniversary of Jen’s Crohn’s disease diagnosis approaches, she thinks back over her journey and the things she wishes she’d known sooner.

Jen shares a few of her top tips for getting through the festive period with a stoma, and tells us what works for her since having her ileostomy formed 4 years ago.

Ileostomate, Jennifer, interviews her dad about what it’s like having a daughter with a chronic health condition. Read a dad’s perspective on diagnosis, surgery and more…

Jen would have died if her stoma surgery had been delayed by just another day. Here she discusses her gratitude for the people speaking out about their lives as ostomates, and those who gave her the confidence to go ahead with the surgery which saved her life.