A TODDLER is lucky to be alive after swallowing 19 magnetic metal beads from a children’s toy. Two-year-old Rheon Flowers had ...

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 ...

Then you’ll get a plastic pouch over the stoma to collect wastes. You'll stay in the hospital for a few days to a week after your surgery. Before you leave there, a doctor or nurse will teach ...

I’m sharing this (with permission from her parents of course) because I think that people facing the reality of stoma surgery need to know that it’s not the end of the road for you.

Inspector Morse star Tony Mathew had died 'unexpectedly after an operation' in 2023. The inquest into his death ended on ...

After your colostomy surgery, you will likely speak with a doctor ... If you run a lot, rubbing or chaffing at the stoma can cause small red marks or sores that look like mouth ulcers around ...

WELLSVILLE — Jones Memorial Hospital announced that registered nurse Ailie Smithers, BSN, is now nationally board-certified ...

Poppy Williams, 27, from Cardiff, is documenting her experience of living with a stoma bag – including shopping for a wedding ...

A STAR who featured in Inspector Morse, The Bill, and Poirot has died unexpectedly just hours after a routine surgery. Tony ...

The surgeon can do a smaller operation to close the stoma up again. This happens once everything has settled down from your first operation. You have surgery for ovarian cancer under general ...

Poppy Williams, 27, from Cardiff, was left with a stoma after emergency surgery in December 2021 and initially thought her "life was over". "But then I thought, my stoma isn't going away.