by NSW Stoma | Fri Dec 2025 | Stories
Andrew's story In his own words… 2019 for my family and I was a big year. At the beginning of the year, my wife Stefanie and I received the wonderful news that we were to be parents for the first time. For anyone remembering we all know the...
by NSW Stoma | Thu Dec 2025 | long reads, Stories
Kelly's story Overcoming a multitude of health issues with the help of a few (thousand) stuffed teddy bears… Kelly’s story starts back in 1992, age 17 and on an overseas exchange year after finishing high school. She began to experience debilitating GI upset...
by NSW Stoma | Thu Oct 2025 | Stories
Carol's story Carol Quast is a mother, wife, teacher, and creative. Happily married (“for 44 years!”) with three adult sons, she is an accomplished educator who enjoys creative writing and travel. She is also an ostomate and is NSW Stoma’s Education Officer and...
by Mary | Tue Jul 2025 | Stories
Ken's story In his own words… Living with a Urostomy Stoma (Or how I learned to live without a bladder) Just 10 years ago, at the age of 61, I was diagnosed with malignant bladder cancer. It came as a bit of a shock, since I had been diagnosed...
by Mary | Mon Aug 2023 | long reads, 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...
by Mary | Fri May 2023 | long reads, Stories
Mat's story The show must go on… Mathew Boyd-Skinner has, in his words, ‘had tummy issues since he was 8 years old’. Now 36, in that time he’s dealt with more than his fair share of hospital visits having courageously battled Chron’s disease, ulcerative...
