In November 2021, 29-year-old Holly Fleet was in an emergency ward, undergoing surgery to remove her colon. Just over a year later, she is pregnant with her first baby. Fleet, aka Stomababe, was ...

While advances in stoma bags have made them easier to use and live with, you may still be interested in possible alternatives. These depend on your specific condition. A colostomy bag (pouch) is a ...

I slammed down my vodka mixer, spilling it across the bar. “I need to get out now,” I screamed, already stumbling towards the club toilet sign in my high heels. The urgency was unbearable. A few hours ...

On a quiet April morning, in a busy hospital ward, the care team met Madam Lee for the first time. Just a few hours before this, she had undergone an emergency operation that would change her life ...

Paula Sojo tells PEOPLE she began sewing ostomy covers after her surgeries, transforming a medical device into an accessory ...

Not everyone with colorectal cancers and bowel diseases needs a colostomy. You may be able to avoid ostomy surgery, depending on the reason for it. A colostomy is a surgical procedure that creates an ...

"I always say my stoma bag is my bag for life. It's my new accessory. You don't have to hide it." Lucy Smith Butler, from Rochdale in Greater Manchester, was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis in 2017 ...

Dating can feel daunting at the best of times, but imagine the difficulties faced by those with an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), like Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. The lifelong ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Harrison Kefford went viral on TikTok for talking openly about his ostomy bag. (Photo: Harrison Kefford ) Dating in the midst of a ...

Krystal Miller wants you to know that having an ileostomy bag won't stop her from living her best life. The 32-year-old Australian mom of two has Crohn's disease, an inflammatory condition that ...

Twenty-five-year-old Tilly King is on Tinder, Bumble and Hinge — “the ‘toxic trio’,” she jokes. One of her Hinge prompts is ‘What’s the most spontaneous thing you’ve ever done?’ to which she answers, ...