Ileostomy and colostomy are two types of ostomy surgery that treat diseases and conditions affecting the digestive system. Both include the creation of a stoma, by which a small piece of intestine is ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A rugby league player who underwent "life-saving" surgery has described being able to get back on the pitch with a stoma bag as a "second chance". Michael Adams, 30, from Harrogate, from North ...

Blogger Krystal Miller was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease at 15 when she started having severe stomach pains. After eight years of doctor’s trying to get her disease under control, as she says in her ...

Women posing in their underwear after overcoming an enormous challenge - be it related to body image, illness or surgery - has become a powerful way of showing the world that they are far from beaten.

Mat Dean returned to bodybuilding after a diagnosis of bowel cancer left him with a stoma bag A bodybuilder who was told he might not live past 40 after his bowel cancer was missed said it felt ...

A woman is documenting her experiencing living with a stoma bag – including shopping for a wedding dress – because she wants ...