by Mary | Sun Jun 2025 | Stories
Carol's story Meet Carol Quast My personal stoma journey and embracing colostomy irrigation as a way of life: a member’s perspective I arrived back in Australia after living 20 odd years in the UK in December 2011. I was 55 years old and there was a...
by Mary | Mon Aug 2023 | Stories
Ashlee's story In her own words… Growing up, I always saw myself as the ‘sick kid’. I was diagnosed with asthma at 18 months old and every year until I was about 11 years old, I spent weeks in hospital. I remember going through school with this...
by Mary | Fri May 2023 | Stories
Mat's story In his own words… Hi everyone. My name is Mathew Boyd-Skinner. I’m 33 years old and I now live with a permanent ileostomy named ‘Homer the Stoma’. I have suffered with tummy problems since I was 8 years old. I had a scope at 9 and I was informed that...
by Mary | Wed Mar 2023 | Stories
Meet Anne Marie Lyons NSW Stoma recognises the importance of regular contact with an experienced Stomal Therapy Nurse (STN). We would love you to meet our STN, Anne Marie Lyons, who has over 30 years of experience in nursing, 20 of them in the area of stomal...
by admin | Thu Mar 2023 | Stories
Renee's story In her own words… ‘The one piece of advice I always give, and have always received from ostomates, is to ensure you have support and are not alone. We all have stomas for different reasons; some of us love them while others struggle,...
