Stories from fellow ostomates across Australia and New Zealand.
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From IBD warrior to Ostomate to J-pouch
I’m an ostomy and IBD advocate plus an illustrator and graphic designer from Sydney, Australia. I love to create art to raise awareness about ostomy life and to show the positive side of living with a bag. On my 1 year stomaversary I painted a colourful ostomy mural at Bondi Beach in Sydney, proudly sponsored
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Stoma nurse with a stoma…
I have been nursing on a surgical ward as a Registered Nurse since 2006. We care for a few specialities, including colorectal surgery. This has always been of interest to me and I loved to support those patients after their bowel operations, including stoma surgeries, however I never thought I would end up needing one
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Cycling with two stomas
Danny is 44 years old and lives in Rhoon, in the Netherlands. He struggled for years with Ulcerative Colitis. In January of 2013, he underwent an endoscopy. During the procedure, several areas of inflammation were detected, although there seemed to be no reason for alarm. But his symptoms continued, and in April Danny went back
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The life of an ostomate globetrotter
My name is Paulina Kaszuba. I was born in London in 1984 and have since then lived all around the world: Poland, Italy, USA, and Asia. These days, I live in France where I recently became a mother. At the age of nine my problems started; when I was 13 years old I had a total
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A new purpose
Ok yes this a long post but you might find it interesting. It is my very brief (believe it or not) story on who I am, my conditions, my ostomy bears and how I ended up here. I’ve got nothing to hide and happy to tell my story. At 17.5yrs old in 1992, I was
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Ostomy days – PART TWO
Chait Caecostomy Tube So in late 2017 I had a Chait Caecostomy Tube inserted. Basically an incision was made in my abdomen and the caecostomy tube was put through the opening into the first part of the large intestine called the cecum. My colon was then secured to the abdomen to reduce the movement of
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