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Tag: Stoma

22nd Apr 202128th Jan 2026 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

To eat, or not to eat? That is the question.

8th Apr 202119th Jun 2024 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Body confidence part 2 | Accepting my new body with an ostomy

8th Apr 202119th Jun 2024 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Body confidence part 1 | Grieving for my pre-stoma body

17th Mar 202128th Jan 2026 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Food diary | The impact of different foods on ostomy output

9th Mar 202128th Jan 2026 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Controlling weight gain with an ostomy

1st Mar 202127th Mar 2023 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Colorectal cancer awareness month | Gemma’s story

15th Feb 202122nd Aug 2024 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Why I wish I’d had my permanent stoma sooner

10th Feb 202128th Mar 2023 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Sharing the love for Valentine’s Day

29th Jan 202128th Jan 2026 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Why did I eat that?!

20th Jan 20213rd Aug 2023 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Series | How my ulcerative colitis impacted my family planning

10th Jan 202119th Jun 2024 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Fitness pre and post-abdominal surgery

8th Jan 202124th May 2024 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

FAQ | Bathing and showering with an ostomy

11th Dec 202028th Jan 2026 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Enjoying the festive season with a stoma in 2020

21st Nov 202027th Mar 2023 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Series | How my ulcerative colitis impacted my education

17th Nov 202010th Apr 2024 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

How do you empty your ostomy bag?

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Now they both have names 🙈 I'd like to officially welcome Loki (dapple) and Aragorn (choccy) to the pack 💕 Name chosen!! Thank you all for your suggestions 🙏🏻 I still couldn't decide, so I ended up using an online wheel of names. I still had a shortlist of 7 🙈 This little chipolata came home with us yesterday and still doesn't have a name!! In celebration of #NationalPetMonth, I wanted to share a story about the little heartbeats that have anchored me through some of my hardest years. That escalated quickly... 😳 (this should have posted yesterday!). Walking home from my second #LineDancing class ✨️ When you live with an #ostomy, there's often a kind of vulnerability in the simple act of getting dressed. For a long time, my bedroom mirror was a place of scrutiny rather than reflection. I would look at my #stoma and my scars, and see a list of things I had to hide, or a body that felt like it had betrayed me. Monday was supposed to be a productive day. With the bank holiday, I had it all mapped out: design, record, and edit new yoga practices while the world was quiet. I finally got myself organised, grabbed a blanket, and found the one sun-spot in the garden to start my work. Just sharing my #IBD / #UlcerativeColitis diagnosis story from waaaay back in 2007! 😳 If you start reading my post and it doesn’t resonate with you, it’s not for you. And that’s OK! It’s not all about you… THANK YOU so much to everyone who has sent images or requested the information. We've had lots already and have many more on the way, so I'll be turning the comments off now. I think we have plenty to be getting on with 🥰 Activation warning ⚠️ Part 2: Morphine #overdose in-patient experience.
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