Stoma-licious

One of the best articles I've read on surgery and stomas in a long time (or ever!). Worth a read and share.

‘I felt myself split into before and after’: how giving birth triggered a life-changing illness Having a baby led to an unexpected disease and then surgery that altered Lauren Bensted’s body for ever. She talks about the pain she felt in being separated from her newborn, and her journey to learn to accept her new life

Some great awareness raising on BBC 👍🙌 Colostomy UK

Colostomy UK BBC News feature with Giovanni Cinque and Matt Forde After popular former Made in Chelsea star, Louise Thompson, revealed that she lives with a stoma on Instagram, we were invited to speak about the positive im...

Very late to the party but wanted to wish everyone a belated Merry everything whatever you got up to, and a Happy always for 2024 and beyond!! My ostomy and I had a merry time exploring North Yorkshire. Here we are enjoying a Christmassy Castle Howard and very chilly Whitby abbey! Health and happiness to you all, and to a year of many more stomalicious adventures 🎉☃️🎄🎆

Travelling the world with an Ostomy! Where in the world are my stoma and I in these pics? Take a guess✈📷👣🌄🙆

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Happy world ostomy day for yesterday! A day to celebrate our stomas and what for many of us was life changing, life saving or life improving surgery. Thought I'd reshare this post on 10 REASONS LIFE IS GREAT WITH A STOMA!

10 Reasons Life is Great with a Stoma Whilst having a stoma might have its challenges and take a bit of getting used to, for me it truly is a blessing and has given me my life back. So here are my TOP 10 REASONS LIFE IS GREAT WITH A ST…

Today is my hubby and my 26th meeting anniversary 💞 Thought I'd reshare this post I wrote on our 20th meeting anniversary. It all still rings true!!

I hope this post also gives hope to any of you single ladies (and gents) out there with Crohn’s or an ostomy who may be feeling alone or worried that you will never meet “the one”.

Happy Anniversary Pooh Bear Last week I celebrated my 4-year anniversary (or stomaversary) with “my little guy”! Today I’m celebrating another anniversary. An even more significant one in many ways than my stomaversay, becaus…

Here's me celebrating my 10 (yes TEN!) year stomaversary on a recent trip to Croatia!! 🎉🎉🎉 Can't believe it's been a whole decade with this little bag! It's afforded me to travel and go on incredible holidays like this one and so much more ❤️💜 It's given me my life and freedom back and I'm still grateful for it every single day! Happy 10 year stomaversary to me and my little guy! 🔟🎉🙌

Haven't posted one of these in a while, but back out on the road travelling again! Any idea where my stoma and I are hiking in these pics?!

Happy World IBD day! Support and spread awareness of inflammatory bowel disease.

Happy Sunday everyone 👋 Little overnight trip out of London for the weekend. Any idea where this crooked house, my stoma and I are?!

No prizes for guessing where my stoma and I are in these photos! Such an amazing day in Paris climbing the Eiffel tower with my mum 😍🥖🇫🇷🗼

Lovely few days away with my mum! Any idea where my mum, my stoma and I are in these pics?! (Clue: it's my second time here and we travelled by 🚅 from London).

First trip of 2023! Any ideas where my stoma and I decided to kick off the new year travels with this year?! Hope everyone is well and having a fab start to 2023! Much love xx

Merry Christmas from Cornwall!! ❄️🎄☃️🎅 We've had a lovely day made extra special by being able to spend it with my mum (who is currently visiting from Australia). Hoping everyone has had a lovely day filled with lots of love and laughter and festive cheer 🤗 Here's mum and I getting our "bags" out on the beach in Crackington haven today!

Oops! Accidentally dropped my bottle of Poo~Pourri in the toilet 😂🚽 Luckily it was BEFORE I emptied my bag, so was able to carefully fish it out!! 😝

A slightly belated post for my 9 year stomaversary last Saturday (24 Sept) and world ostomy day on Saturday 1st October. I was so preoccupied travelling in Italy last weekend and then a friend's wedding this weekend that I didn't get a chance to post!!

Just goes to show that you can still live your best life with a stoma, and my ostomy is only a small part of my life but a part that has made it so much better than it might have been. Here's a few pics of my stoma and I in Italy. Can't believe it will be double digits next year! Still feel blessed every day 😍

If anyone has any questions about life (especially travelling) with a stoma or anything else ostomy or surgery related, I'm always happy to share my experiences, so please do reach out! You are not alone 🤗

Travel with an ostomy! This should be a relatively easy one! Where in the world are my stoma and I in these pics? Take a guess!

Where in the world is my stoma LIVE edition! Any ideas where my ostomy and I are here?! It's a short boat trip away across the bay from the last photo I posted! 🚢🇮🇹🍕🤗

Back travelling (with my ostomy!) again! Love a September summer holiday! 🌅😎 Any ideas where my stoma and I are in this pic?!

So excited to see the work of IA - Ileostomy & Internal Pouch Association, Urostomy Association, Colostomy UK and Coloplast in Parliament today.

Did you know that it's estimated that between 165,000 – 205,000 people in the UK live with a , and that 21,000 people have stoma surgery each year. Find out more: http://coloplast.to/stomas-in-parliament

So good to be able to travel and see live music again!! Quick trip to the continent for some sightseeing and a gig! Any guesses where in the world my stoma and I are in these pics?!

My kinda street art! 💩💩💩

After a long journey back from Australia I'm finally on the tube on my way back to East London! It's been an incredible 2 months and was very hard leaving friends and family, but I'm looking forward to seeing Michael and enjoying some of the British summer 😎 before we start planning our next trip!! -licious

I am super HAPPY to be travelling again (finally!!!) and celebrating World IBD Day this year back in my home country!!!! 🌎✈️🇦🇺

First overseas trip since Covid and in over 2 years!!! And first time back home in over 5 and a half years!!

💜💜💜 Happy World IBD Day everyone!!! 💜💜💜

Anyone else have a furry friend who always wants to get in on the bag changing action!!?? 🐶😍

This is Boogie our neighbour's dog who we're currently looking after. He always wants to be involved in EVERYTHING you're doing, even cutting ostomy bags!!! Just look at that face 😍

Highly recommended this play for anyone near Brighton. I saw the original Kat's Bag of Crap ... it made me laugh and it made me cry. This time Kat is making her directorial debut. Do go and check it out and support her if you're in the area!

Go Stoma Squad!!!

Pooh time!!! Everybody needs a good Poo room and a bit of Winnie the Pooh in their lives! 💩🚽🐻

Happy World Ostomy Day 😍

Let's use today to raise ostomy awareness, as well as celebrate and embrace our stomas and the surgery that for many of us not only saved our lives but changed our lives (for the better).

I know we all struggle some days and acceptance can be difficult, but having a stoma does not need to be the end of anything - for me (and I hope for many others) it was a new beginning of a happy and healthier life.

High-flying professional has travelled the world wearing a stoma bag and enjoyed everything from paragliding to s*x Crohn’s disease sufferer Laura Zappulla, 41, of east London, endured three years of hell until surgery gave her a fulfilling life back