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Sharing his thoughts about being a gay man with a stoma, Nathan talks about dealing with stigma and how raising awareness can prevent ignorance.

Aleesha has lots of well-meaning friends and family around her, but some of their suggestions during her battle with ulcerative colitis were quite frustrating. Homemade remedies were never going to ‘cure’ her disease. Read on to learn about her experience.

Steve reflects on his journey of self-discovery and how emergency stoma surgery changed his mindset, allowing him to find true love.

Jen has spent a lot of time in hospital because of complications with her stoma, here she shares her top tips for minimising stress whilst staying in hospital.

Jen’s refashioning went very wrong. Jen shares what happened after trying to improve her quality of life and why she has hope despite regretting the surgery.

Aleesha was just 18 when she had emergency surgery to form her ileostomy. Although she will be forever grateful for how it saved her life, here she shares a little about the shock of visiting her consultant for Ulcerative Colitis then waking up from surgery with a stoma.