Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Watch: I'm living my best life after having my bowel removed and a permanent stoma fitted A woman who was going to the toilet 40 ...

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Sophie Excell said her stoma bag "actually wasn't too much of a problem" on Kilimanjaro [BBC] One of a team of women who ...

A woman has completed a 100km ultramarathon less than a year after life-changing surgery ...

Meath woman Molly Carroll says living with a stoma bag has given her her power back, rather than taking it away. Molly, 32, was diagnosed with indeterminate colitis in March 2010. This followed ...

An ostomy is a surgical procedure creating an opening, or "stoma," on the abdomen to allow waste to exit the body. This may be essential due to conditions like Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, or ...

Ostomies are indicated after bowel resection when an anastomosis is not feasible or must be deferred, with colostomy and ileostomy providing controlled diversion through a stoma. Common management ...

An ostomy pouch is a collection system you wear on your body following a lifesaving ostomy surgery, which reroutes how your body expels waste. An ostomy pouch collects urine or feces from a stoma, an ...