My stomach pain proved to be advanced ovarian cancer, and I didn’t like the odds.
You never know how you are going to react when you hear something so devastating.
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INSPIRATION
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These WEGO Health Award nominees are being recognized as exceptional patient advocates.
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This guide from Colostomy UK has helpful tips for ostomates with Alzheimer's and their caregivers.
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Get your ears around these audios!
The forgotten challenge of living with an ostomy: costly medical supplies.
Every day all over the world, ostomates are faced with unrelenting expenses.
After surviving colon cancer, Trish Massart is now living her best life by helping others live theirs.
“My goal as a nutrition and lifestyle coach is providing ostomates with real-world advice."
Aerie launched a new campaign featuring a diverse group of models which included an ostomate.
To say everyone is ecstatic would be an understatement!
14 hilarious, fitting and fun names ostomates gave to their stomas.
Let's be honest, one of the best things about an ostomy is getting to name it.
Summer is upon us, and that means Ostogramers are out having fun in the sun.
Bring on the bathing suits, the outdoors, and the Insta likes!
STAY CONNECTED
How I did it: I took a trip to Asia for three weeks with my medical equipment alongside.
It was a tremendous challenge with a gastrostomy, ileostomy and TPN... but absolutely worth it!
Waiting years for a cancer diagnosis made me realize the importance of taking responsibility for my health.
You know your body. You know if something is wrong, and I knew.
Dating after cancer means showing up with “Fill” — the bag that collects my waste.
I can’t hide my bag like other types of personal baggage.
The truth about not getting pregnant that’s hard to deal with when you have a chronic illness.
THE UGLIEST BLOG I WILL EVER WRITE.
Meredith Keane, RD shares her experience with food intake and stoma output after ileostomy surgery.
What goes in must come out.
Ryan Van Voorhis of Nude Dude Food serves healthy meals seasoned with compassion.
This Chicago-based lifestyle chef wants you to cook and eat honest food, with or without your shirt on.
CliniMed's "Freedom To Be" project shares how flushable pouches are changing people’s lives in the UK.
Get to know three ostomates using Aura Flushable and find out how this innovative colostomy pouch works.
Dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder while trying to cope with a new ostomy is no easy feat.
I've learned the importance of support, self-care and that it's okay to be different than everyone else.
Don't call me 'strong' because I live with necrotizing enterocolitis and have a colostomy.
My entire life I’ve heard people tell me that I’m “strong” and it’s a really hard definition to live up to.
Once I learned the ins and outs of an ostomy my life was 1000% better.
I was different, but I was HAPPY.
You're definitely not the only one Googling 'how to get rid of ostomy odor'.
Four common issues and one science-backed solution to deodorize internally.
Aimee Frisch, BSN, RN, CWOCN tries the CeraPlus skin barrier by Hollister Incorporated.
Aimee shares why she went back to school to become a certified Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurse after ostomy surgery.
Only ostomates can truly appreciate these text messages sent during recovery.
Thank you technological advances of the 21st century for the saving grace that is our phones.
A Mother's thoughts on being a parent to a child with an ostomy.
Matisse was just six days old when she had colostomy surgery.