by Mary | Aug 28, 2023 | Stories
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...
by Mary | May 12, 2023 | Stories
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...
by Mary | Mar 29, 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 | Mar 23, 2023 | Stories
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...
