Life with a stoma: 'It's not a bag for life, it's a bag for living'
Stephen Blakely hopes his TikTok content will help others with any stigma of using a stoma. Source link
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The Kenyan women being helped by Alnwick stoma swimmer
Gill Castle, from Northumberland, is using her experience of having a stoma to help women in Kenya. Source link
Bowel cancer patients allowed home on same day as stoma surgery
Patients can now go home on the same day as having surgery to remove stoma bags. Source link
Alnwick mum aims to be first English Channel stoma swimmer
Gill Castle wants to be the first person in the world with a stoma to swim solo across the Channel. Source link
Radio 1’s Adele Roberts on living with her stoma Audrey
Last October, the Radio 1 DJ Adele Roberts announced she’d been diagnosed with bowel cancer. She’s been through intense treatment, and now wears a stoma bag as her bowel recovers. This month, Adele and her stoma – which she’s named Audrey – are on the front cover of Women’s Health magazine, as she continues to … Read more
‘How I learned to love my stoma’
Sarah Smith says that after living in pain for years, she feels happy and wants to inspire others. Source link