Posts categorised under Surgery

After 6 years living with a temporary stoma, Nick Axtell shares how he made the decision whether to reverse it or make his stoma bag a permanent fixture

Jenn started dating her boyfriend just before her stoma surgery. In this interview, he reveals what it’s really like to date someone during their ostomy journey…

When a loved one is unwell it’s easy to feel helpless. Here’s Rakhee Patel’s list of 7 ways to help an ill person and their family through the trials and tribulations of hospitalisation...

Wondering what your first period will be like after you get a stoma? Michelle Williams shares all in her latest blog...

Lynne Richardson’s latest surgery keeps getting pushed back because of her allergies to antibiotics. In this blog, she goes for allergy testing…

Summer is a gorgeous 7 year old with an ACE or, as she calls it, her ‘button’. Summer and her mum, Laura, kindly agreed to talk to SecuriCare blogger Michelle Williams about her button and how she got it…