Brenda Elsagher’s second book is a collection of funny anecdotes on life with an ostomy.
Book Review: I'd Like To Buy A Bowel Please! Ostomy A to Z
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INSPIRATION
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OC SPOTLIGHT: Dr. Harikesh Buch works to shatter stigma and improve post-surgery care for ostomates in India.
“Without financial support from the Lions Clubs International Foundation, my training would not have been possible.”
7 Instagram posts on why we need to raise awareness about inflammatory bowel disease.
A lot of people have this disease, this is something that's important.
After 17 years of hiding a big part of her life, Eilidh Gow is ready to talk about ostomies.
She's being *real* honest about life with a stoma: "I think this is prettier than a butthole."
Attention, ladies! 'Girls With Guts' has a great way to make new friends through their Pen Pal Program.
Season's greetings — long live snail mail!
6 signs that prove how much you *really* love your ostomy.
Consider this a happy-thought intervention!
This incredible 14-year-old has raised over $37,000 for SickKids Foundation—and he’s not done yet.
Jacob Ralston was inspired to make a difference after seeing the treatment rooms during his own visits.
7 kind things you can say to change someone's day for the better.
Today is World Kindness Day!
15 priceless posts from some of the most entertaining people on Twitter.
Featuring a heavy dose of very necessary sarcasm.
STAY CONNECTED
This ‘Toilet Paper Princess’ is now a “Barbie Butt” girl, too!
My life has become so different, in a positive way.
Nearly every ostomate I've talked to has a horror story, including me.
After an aggressive hug, my bag came open and... SPLAT!
My life with a hole in my stomach, the bag of poo, and relationships.
You need people that will support you and be forgiving and accepting of whatever’s happening to you.
What’s with this global epidemic of bagrophobia?
For me, my bag is a life-saving, life-changing, amazing, miraculous thing.
RANT: To the a$$holes of Big Pharma (the ugly a-holes, not like my cute little stoma).
Sit back y'all, I'm gonna have to hop up on my soap box for this one.
I had just been diagnosed with ovarian cancer, yet the hardest thing to deal with was my colostomy.
A year has passed since the emergency surgery.
6 key exercises to strengthen core abdominal muscles for parastomal hernia prevention.
These techniques can be performed at home and at your own pace.
Not everyone wants to be 100 percent open about their “hidden" disability.
I have pyoderma gangrenosum. Don’t Google it.
This neatly encapsulates my life with Crohn’s: hospitals, hopelessness and heaven-sent support.
Not only had the ileostomy saved my life, it had changed it too.
RANT: After a mad dash to four emergency rooms in 6 days, I'm bringing my rant forward.
Not to brag, but it seems like I'm the one with M.D. after my name.
Nobody at work or my peripheral friends know I have an ostomy—and that’s just the way I like it.
I admire all of you ostomates who tell the world loud and proud that you have an ostomy.
Well this is all new! Getting used to life with an ileostomy, urostomy and no backside.
The road to recovery starts in the mind.