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What I Fought to Stay Alive For: Finding Motivation As a Longterm Ostomate
Rakhee is feeling better than ever since becoming an ostomate but without the intensity of fighting to stay alive, she now struggles with motivation. To counteract this she asks herself “Is this what I fought to stay alive for?”
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Cinderella With A Stoma – The Day Of Surgery.
In the fifth instalment of her blog series, Rachael describes her stoma surgery, including being marked up for her stoma and going under anaesthetic
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Cinderella With A Stoma – That’s Rachael’s toilet!
In her fourth instalment of Cinderella With a Stoma, Rachael discusses her unusual experience in A&E before her stoma surgery
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Cinderella With A Stoma – I Can’t Find My Shoe!
In Rachael’s 3rd instalment of ‘Cinderella With A Stoma’, she discusses how she was unknowingly living with Ulcerative Colitis and what happened in the build-up to her emergency hospital admission
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What Is It Like For A Dad of A Child With A Chronic Illness
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…
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I’m Grateful For My Stoma, And So Much More
World Ostomy Day takes place on Saturday 6 October, 2018. To help celebrate, Billie has written about a few things in life that she no longer takes for granted.
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