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Stories from fellow ostomates across Australia and New Zealand.

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Catching up with PJ and Jack

In the bustling city of Dublin, two young men found themselves on an unexpected journey of resilience and friendship. Meet Jack and PJ, both from Cork, whose lives took a sharp turn, leading them to have life-changing spinal cord injuries. Coming from near the vibrant city in southern Ireland, Jack has always been a sports

My journey with chronic illness

Hi, my name is Josie. I’m 21 years old and am from Melbourne, Australia and this is how I got my ostomy. I was born with an anorectal malformation/imperforate anus. I suffered majorly with chronic constipation throughout my whole childhood. I relied on multiple laxatives & daily enemas and only went to the toilet once

Starting over…

Hello, my name is Viv and I am a fellow ostomate. My story is not the easiest to write about, events that don’t turn out exactly as you hoped or wanted don’t always make for cosy reading. I was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis (UC) more than twenty years ago. I managed my condition reasonably well;

A Soldiers return to form

In December of 2017 I fell ill, prior to that I was fit as can be and exercised 6 days a week. I dreamed of being on stage competing in physique shows. I accomplished that dream and wanted more, all to fall ill just a short month later. As I grew even sicker my wife

No Colon, Still Rollin’

I always wanted to live a unique life. Little did I know God would make it an extraordinary one. Everything was going fine until the second year of my college in 2017, I was diagnosed with a chronic disease named Ulcerative Colitis and was immediately put on 52mg steroid dosage for 45 days to suppress

Advocacy From Across the Pond

My name is Dan Dry Dock Shockley, retired U.S. Navy, Operation Desert Storm; Enduring and Iraqi Freedom veteran and 9 year hereditary colon cancer WARRIOR w/a permanent ileostomy. In May 2012, while I resided in Hawaii, my first and only colonoscopy at age 51 was performed. The results revealed 100 polyps embedded throughout my colon,