by Nathan Wheeler

How fitness helped my mental health

by Nathan Wheeler

Nathan shares his fitness journey from bunking off PE at school to hiking mountains post-op.

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Categories: Chronic Illness and Disability, Surgery, Tips and Advice, Movement and Exercise

by Nathan Wheeler

Barbie Butts - What to expect

by Nathan Wheeler

Nathan shares his experience of having a proctocolectomy a.k.a. a Barbie Butt. The highs and lows of making the decision to have surgery and his positive experience since then!

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Categories: Chronic Illness and Disability, Surgery, Sex and Intimacy

by Sarah Smith

Emergency Stoma Surgery: What I Wish I Had Known

by Sarah Smith

It’s hard to know what to expect when facing stoma surgery, especially if you don’t have enough time to research beforehand. Sarah has shared some things she wishes she’d known before her stoma formation operation.

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Categories: Surgery, Tips and Advice

by Nathan Wheeler

Getting Fit After Stoma Surgery

by Nathan Wheeler

In Nathan’s first blog of the year, he shares his top tips for getting into shape and how he started his fitness journey after stoma surgery.

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Categories: Surgery, Movement and Exercise, Mental Health

by Nathan Wheeler

Learning To Accept What Happened

by Nathan Wheeler

It took Nathan many years to accept his stoma surgery and ileostomy, but he is now at ease with his life as an ostomate and openly discusses what it’s like to have a stoma, raising awareness for others who may be struggling as he did. In this blog he shares a few of the things that helped him come to terms with his ileostomy.

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Categories: Surgery, Mental Health