A woman who was going to the toilet 40 times a day says she feels like a "new woman" after having her entire bowel removed during emergency surgery and now lives with a permanent stoma. Charlie Ryan, ...

A Bristol campaigner is celebrating after a retail chain backs his call for stoma-friendly toilets.

She added: "There needs to be more out there about it as I'm not the only one who lives with it obviously, and I'm probably ...

Adele Roberts completed the London Marathon on Sunday less than a year after finishing chemotherapy. She is the fastest woman to complete the London Marathon with a stoma bag. Roberts is raising ...

Approximately 60,000 Danes live with chronic inflammatory bowel disease. Some experience limited discomfort, while others go ...

A Wirral man has announced his upcoming feat to raise funds for Stoma Awareness UK, just two months after emergency bowel surgery.

A runner was going to the toilet 40 times a day, ended up malnourished and her brain was “shutting down” before had emergency bowel removal surgery. Charlie Ryan, 37, says she had a “minefield” of gut ...

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 ...

Patients can be reassured that delays in stoma reversal surgery do not affect long-term outcomes according to research funded by Bowel Cancer UK and North West Cancer Research. The Lancaster ...

Colostomy prolapse is a complication of colostomy surgery where the bowel protrudes through the stoma. This complication can make it hard to care for the stoma and may affect quality of life. A ...

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 ...