Saturday, 13 June 2020 / Published in Blog, News
Recently a story of the young man in Barnsley who opted to end his life has been reported on in a the media, sadly he didnt want to live a life with a stoma. This has caused quite a debate throughout the ostomy world from many places and not just here in the UK. At
Thursday, 21 May 2020 / Published in News
we have created some slides to give you a brief looking into the reason and disease symptoms for ostomy patients   Stomas-explained
Monday, 20 April 2020 / Published in diet & nutrition, News
Food choices after your bowel surgery Small bowel: – it will continue to work and absorb and digest all the good things it needs after the formation of the ileostomy Large bowel: – after the formation of the ileostomy the large bowel will absorb less salt and water and your output could be loose at
Sunday, 29 March 2020 / Published in Blog, News
a chat with trio health care a little insight of my journey of having a reversal. trioostomycare.com/reversal-my-thoughtful-journey/
Sunday, 29 March 2020 / Published in Blog, News
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
Monday, 09 March 2020 / Published in News
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
Tuesday, 03 March 2020 / Published in News
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
Saturday, 22 February 2020 / Published in News
Sink or swim Finding perfection in the ostomy bag world, that prefect set up at the end of the ostomy rainbow. Upon waking from my first operation, I was gifted the site of two strange bags attached to my body. What the hell are those I thought to myself in my semi-conscious state, all was
Saturday, 22 February 2020 / Published in Blog, News
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
Thursday, 21 November 2019 / Published in Meetings, News
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