Meet Ashlee Macdonald

Meet Ashlee Macdonald

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 stigma that I’d labelled myself with and how much it...
Meet Mathew Boyd-Skinner

Meet Mathew Boyd-Skinner

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 I have Ulcerative Colitis. They...
Meet Renee Constantin

Meet Renee Constantin

Meet Renee Constantin 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; but most importantly we all live...