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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.

Nathan shares some advice for working out with a stoma and discusses his relationship with exercise.

With International Year of the Nurse taking place, Emma Vernon, shares her experience of nursing abroad and the famous nurse who inspired her.

In this blog post Aleesha shares how her long-term relationship has been affected over the years by her inflammatory bowel disease and stoma surgery.

Nathan shares his experience with returning to work after stoma surgery back in 2008. Thanks to a few adjustments, he was able to settle back in to working life and progress within the workplace.

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.