Due to the recent story about a fella #msp who made the sad decision not to want to live with a stoma, this has had a massive impact within the ostomy community, there are and have been plenty of discussions throughout the ostomy world and social media platforms about this subject, with this in mind
As hydration is an ostomates nemesis in warmer weather we have constructed a couple of print able leaflets on hydration and dehydration, on these they will have some information on rehydration drink mix and the best hydration foods to help you keep well hydrated . please feel free to print out. leaflet hydration and dehydration
An Interview With The Founder Of The Stoma Heroes Support Group please have a read, stoma heroes has come on a little since this interview, we are now a charity and looking to progress and work with local hospitals. kind regards shane https://www.securicaremedical.co.uk/blog/an-interview-with-the-founder-of-the-stoma-heroes-support-group
Stoma Heroes has teamed up with Kindred Box, a charitable organization in the United States, to help ostomates in America who need ostomy supplies. To support their efforts, we will be collecting donations and sending supplies to Kindred Box throughout the year. Why do people in America need help with ostomy supplies? Unlike the UK
We all really enjoyed covering the Stoma Heroes stand at the Crispin Centre, Street on Saturday 29th February 2020. Shane had originally planned to be there but work commitments meant he was unable to attend. We were all pleasantly impressed by the curiosity of people asking questions relating to illnesses that can result in life-changing
Reversal, my thoughtful journey. September 2017, I went into hospital for my second operation of the year. The operation was to reverse my mucus fistula and ileostomy from my emergency operation in May. The operation didn’t go to plan and woke up with a looped ileostomy, although my mucus fistula was gone I was a