A teenager will have a stoma bag for the rest of her life after what she thought was period pain turned out to be ulcerative colitis (UC). Sophia Haden, 18, said she had to go to the toilet 20 times a ...

Adele Roberts, who was diagnosed with stage two bowel cancer in October 2021, has completed the London Marathon wearing a stoma. (PA) Adele Roberts has been awarded with a Guinness World Record after ...

Sarah Smith always said she would rather die than have a stoma bag. After she was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis at 16, she battled painful and "embarrassing" symptoms with heavy medication for ...

Emma Sellars has had a stoma bag since the age of 17 "In the six years I've had a stoma, I've had one toilet that's been completely accessible for me," says Emma Sellars. "It is a real downer to be ...

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The Traitors star Mollie Pearce has appealed for better facilities for people that use stoma bags after several incidents in which she has had to use the floor of public toilets. Ms Pearce, from ...

From her Radio 1 show to her Instagram and blog, Adele Roberts is inspiring hundreds of thousands with her candid, frank and funny insights into life battling stage two bowel cancer. So powerful is ...

Jackie says that it's possible to live life to the full when you have a stoma An ileostomy is an operation involving the small intestine being diverted through an opening - or stoma - in the abdomen.

Some of the images from the colostomy girls calendar (Picture: Mercury Press) You might have heard of The Calendar Girls but 2020 is all about the colostomy girls. A group of 14 women aged 20 to 53 ...