Blog posts by Stephie Simpson

Stephie has taken up running this year to support a close friend raising funds for their local hospital. Find out why, and read more about Stephie’s running with a stoma journey in this blog.

How have you found intimacy whilst living with a stoma? Stephie wrote about her experience with her husband and shares a few tips for making things easier.

It’s that time of year when festive treats are abundant, and this year is no exception. Stephie shares her personal recipe for a stoma-friendly mince pie which she has labelled a ‘mincemeat parcel’.

With Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Week taking place in December, Stephie has been thinking back on her journey to diagnosis and stoma surgery. Here she shares a little about her early experiences of Ulcerative Colitis.

Stephie lives with multiple health conditions which she considers to be hidden disabilities. Read her latest blog to learn what it’s like to be an ostomate with both Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and Postural tachycardia syndrome.

With National Poetry Day taking place in October, Stephie has written a poem about living with a stoma, and how grateful she is to have her ileostomy.