Stories of Resilience

Sh*t Happens
By: Sara-Jane Heslop In my twenties, I lived in Argentina and found myself in flip-flops or barefoot a lot. I used to feel really self-conscious a...
- argentina
- baggie
- bikinis
- children
- chronic pain
- colostomy
- colostomy bag
- diabetic
- food ingestion
- hdu
- hernia
- hernia repair
- high output stoma
- holiday
- ileostomy
- inhibitions
- invisible illness
- loop ileostomy
- parastomal hernia
- stoma
- stoma bag
- surgery
- swimsuit
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Wardrobe Change Unnecessary
By: Lydia Andrew After two years of trying the most powerful immunosuppressants available and never getting into remission, I had to have surgery ...
- Amazing humans
- BBC3
- concealing
- ibd
- ibd warrior
- ileostomy
- ileum
- immunosuppressants
- Jasmine Stacy
- large intestine
- ostomy bag
- remission
- stoma
- stoma bag
- stoma bag covers
- swimming costume
- swimsuits
- uc
- ulcerative colitis
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Generation Colon
A dear friend of mine forwarded me a video detailing the story of the Petunia Bag. I was blown away by beach shots of an enthusiastic woman, stand...
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