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Sunday, 24 September 2023 / Published in News, Patient Stories

The Inspirational Lady who constantly fights her problems and is also there for others

          What can you say about Vikki, This lady without doubt fights every single day with her fantastic strength to get through all the challenges that get thrown at her from her body. Parastomal skin issues, MS and countless times going into hospital with #sepsis amongst other things. Her resilience and
Thursday, 09 September 2021 / Published in Blog, Patient Stories

I Get Knocked Down But I Have to Get Back Up

https://t.co/XmDVATty3B?amp=1 Eric Douglin, my story. “We have to operate immediately or you could die within 24 hours” No, this wasn’t a line out of TV shows like Casualty, Grey’s Anatomy, ER, or for the older generation St Elsewhere. This line was said to me by a very worried looking surgeon at the Prince Royal University Hospital, Orpington
Sunday, 07 February 2021 / Published in Blog, Patient Stories

Emma’s 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
Thursday, 14 January 2021 / Published in Blog, News, Patient Stories

Martin Medland colitis and pouch

  Hi Everyone, I hope that you may be able to relate with my experiences and get an understanding of living with a pouch. My names Martin Medland. I’m sixty years young! I’ve had a pouch for twenty seven years. I was diagnosed with Colitis at the age of eighteen. I was working abroad at
Friday, 12 June 2020 / Published in Blog, Patient Stories

The Anxiety from a Sisters Point of View

TThe fear of the unknown and anxieties, When I found out my sister was going to have stoma surgery, not knowing anyone who had ever had this, I had no idea what she meant. I have heard to people needing to have a colostomy bag but have never heard of a stoma. a sister perspecitive
Friday, 12 June 2020 / Published in Blog, Patient Stories

vickys story

A day I won’t forget in a hurry! Vicky’s story about her stoma life journey so far and the 10 pm email. 10 pm email
Monday, 17 February 2020 / Published in Patient Stories

Teresa My mum

My 91-year-old mum had her operation 50 years ago reversed 48 years ago. It was frightening times with little or no information or support. If mum was concerned, I ran to the phone box down the road and phoned the GP surgery and spoke to the GP and relayed it back to mum. Mum is
Wednesday, 12 February 2020 / Published in Patient Stories

katie from scotland

‘My inflammatory bowel disease – colitis journey has been a fast one to say the least. I was officially diagnosed with ulcerative colitis (ulceration/inflammation of the colon) in my case proctitis which is intensified ulceration and inflammation in the rectum. This was December 2018 after a hospital stay which got me diagnosed and on a
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