Tag: Colostomy
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Ostomy 101 – Our Celebrity Ostomates
After my recent post about whether there is still a stigma around ostomies it got me thinking about the famous people I know who have or have had a stoma at some point. I thought it would be cool to share them and see if there are any more I don’t know about. Some of…
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Five Tips For Going Swimming With Your Kids When You Have An Ostomy
I have been swimming both in a pool and in the sea and have been in a hot tub since having my stoma surgery eight years ago, so have my routine nailed now – but I know some people really worry about it so I thought I’d share some of my tips with you hoping…
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AccessAble #stomafriendly Campaign – Living With A Stoma
You may have recently read my post about becoming an AccessAble Champion. I was super pleased to be invited onto the team, and even more pleased as it came right before they launched their #stomafriendly imitative. The Stoma Friendly imitative is in partnership with Colostomy UK. One in 450 people in the UK live with…
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Top Ten Tips To Help With Pancaking
Please note – this post talks about ostomy output (poo) and there are some photos showing it. Happy pancake day! This is one of my favourite days of the year – I love pancakes! Unfortunately, pancaking for an ostomate can mean something very different…. so I thought today was the perfect day to share some…
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Sex With An Ostomy (and numerous other health issues)
So after doing the deed the other night I couldn’t help but lay there giggling. Luckily, it wasn’t a reflection on the sex which was, as always, very good, but I realised that between us me and Ste had ‘on’ two ostomy bags, a Peg-J tube and three heat pads. I see many people on…
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#bagroulette – My review of the Coloplast Sensura Mio
It’s week three of #bagroulette and this week we are trying out Stephie’s brand of bag, the Coloplast Sensura Mio. I have used these bags previously and didn’t get on with them so was a little nervous about this one. Although I loved alot about them, I had so many leaks and as it was…
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Bag Leaks
The past month has seen me suffer from about six full blown bag leaks. By full blown I mean that I haven’t noticed it start slowly and output has leaked onto my clothing, and at night onto bedding too. Since starting to use the Salts bags about eight months ago I haven’t had any. I…
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Dressing With An Ostomy – My Story With Clothes Since Surgery
WithI found out I was having surgery and an ileostomy the day before it happened, It all happened pretty quickly but as I had been a member of a few IBD support groups for about 8 months by then, I felt a little calmer and more assured after seeing so many amazing people still living…
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The Spoonie Mummy 