Thursday, 21 November 2019 / Published in Meetings, News

Wells SOUP!

On the 5th of October Stoma Heroes attended the Soup event at the elim connect centre in wells, this event is held 4 x times a year for local support groups and charities to gain some valued funds for their groups. we were fortunate to be asked to attend the October event. So what is
Wednesday, 20 November 2019 / Published in Uncategorised

Shanes Story

I woke up the following morning after a few hours (8) In surgery, feeling very strange as the life had been sucked right out of me In fact It nearly had a few hours left untreated It would have been, I was in this strange room (hdu) attached to so many pipes and tubes doing
Tuesday, 19 November 2019 / Published in Blog, News

TIME FOR HEROES

Shane Green of the Stoma Heroes charity explains what made him set up the group that regularly meets at the Crispin Centre in Street: In 2017 I had two lifesaving operations due to perforation of the bowel. When I awoke from the first procedure I had an ileostomy (stoma). I had no preparation for life
Tuesday, 19 November 2019 / Published in Blog, News

Stoma Hero’s Boat Trip October 2019

On the 11th October 2019 we braved the elements to enjoy a boat trip along the Bridgwater canal. And boy were the elements against us, we did wonder if the event would be cancelled as the weather leading up the evening had been horrendous and even on the day the rain poured down. Despite the
Tuesday, 17 September 2019 / Published in Patient Stories

Pam’s Story

I wanted to let people know how I became involved with Stoma Hero’s so here is my journey so far. I had over several months been finding blood on the tissue after doing a poo, I just put it down to piles, having had kids and having a skin disorder, lichen sclerosis, it didn’t really
Wednesday, 21 August 2019 / Published in Patient Stories

Rogers Story

Life has changed drastically for me. Some of you will know what I have been through and some of you won’t so I thought I would share this as there is a moral to what you are about to read. My story starts on Friday 21st September 2019. A typical Friday afternoon, minding my own
Wednesday, 21 August 2019 / Published in Patient Stories

Richard Alford Story

I think my friends & family always thought my lifestyle would eventually kill me but in the end a simple birth defect got me. About two & a half years ago, I came home from work, like any other day. I cooked my wife & I some tea & settled down for the evening to
Wednesday, 21 August 2019 / Published in Blog, Patient Stories

Emma Robins Story

  My story started 29th September 2018 started to feel Ill thought I had a water infection. Saw a doctor on the 1st October given antibiotics. I felt so Ill & in loads of pain didn’t go to work the next day. On Weds 3rd October, I saw my doctor he said water sample came back
Tuesday, 06 August 2019 / Published in News

Interview with Securicare

Was great to spread awareness about Stoma Heroes and share the reason we created this community of ostomates.
Tuesday, 23 July 2019 / Published in Blog

Have we come so far or not?

I recently met a person who at the age of 14 had a stoma, since that time this person had been ridiculed at school and bullied in the work place and pretty much was so insecure about their stoma they were reluctant to do most things. My question is. Do you think things have changed