Blog posts by Stephie Simpson

Stephie discusses her experience with phantom rectum pain and the things she does to help relive the discomfort.

Stephie has made some great friendships online due to her stoma, but there is one friendship she will never forget - the one she made in hospital just before having her ileostomy surgery.

Stephie can struggle with her mental health at times which often has a negative impact on her life as an ostomate. In this blog she shares the effect feeling down has on her stoma care routine.

In this month’s blog, Stephie shares her experience of how having stoma surgery has impacted her body dysmorphia disorder

Stephie shares her strategy for maximising space and storing her stoma products.

Stephie and her family recently contracted a tummy bug. Here she shares her tips for dealing with a normal kind of illness when you have a stoma