Posts categorised under Raising Awareness

Rachael has been thinking about her effect on the environment and how having a stoma can contribute extra waste to the planet. Here she shares a few tips for reducing that impact.

Anita has had a busy and emotional journey since her urostomy surgery in 2017. Here she tells us about a few of the many things she’s accomplished in the last two years and how removing her bladder was the best decision she ever made.

Rachael actively raises awareness of IBD and stomas. In this month’s blog she tells us how a trip to Wales just before her stoma surgery, resulted in her applying for a beauty pageant and ultimately winning the regional title of Miss Divine Buckinghamshire 2018.

Shane Green is the founder of Stoma Heroes – a support group for ostomates. Learn how his stoma surgery and recovery period in hospital led to the formation of Stoma Heroes

Billie has been reflecting on the things that matter most in her life and where she’d like 2019 to take her. Read on to discover how her mindset changed after stoma surgery.

2019 sees the release of the highly anticipated ostomate documentary, My Bag and I. It’s gained a lot of interest on social media recently, so we invited James Rush, the film’s producer, to tell us a bit more about it