Jackie Duda's terrifying ordeal began in May, 2021. Parts of it—the anxiety, the flashbacks—continue to live with her today.

The 9-year-old daughter of Alex and Christie Kessel was born with a condition that prevented her intestines from working ...

The Ironman is a competition that combines a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bicycle ride ... collect waste so that I don't have to wear a colostomy bag. In theory, removing the diseased part of ...

A colostomy bag is worn over the stomach to collect waste ... He says: I was on holiday in 1996 and had a swimming race with my 15-year-old son. He beat me, which was not unusual, but I felt ...

Indeed, despite having to be fitted with a colostomy bag, after chemotherapy and radiotherapy ... exploring every inch of Sussex’s South Downs national park and wild swimming off the Brighton seafront ...

Saturday is ostomy awareness day, and a local organization is aiming to education people and break the stigma of having an ...

and a local organization is aiming to educate people and break the stigma of having an ostomy bag. Blessed With A Bag hosted its first Sneaker Ball and Fashion Show at St. Demetrios Banquet Center ...

Jack Dale from Peterlee, was fitted with a stoma in 2022 and refers to it as his "hidden super power" | ITV News Tyne Tees ...

Two beloved soap characters recently began living with a stoma, with Coronation Street and Hollyoaks running key storylines at the same time. It’s a step that has the potential to make a life ...

The stoma connects to a pouch or ostomy bag worn outside the body, which collects waste. The bag needs to be changed regularly because it fills up over time. If not emptied or replaced ...

But while things feel bleak for Bethany now, the ITV soap is working closely with Colostomy UK ... including worries over intimacy and stoma bag leakage – but shares that Coronation Street ...

The pair were interviewing colorectal surgeon and president of Colostomy UK, Ian Daniels, alongside Debbie Meredith, a Stoma bag awareness campaigner who has two of them herself. Their interview ...