The stoma may bleed a little bit when you clean it. Call your doctor if the bleeding doesn't stop, or if you notice blood inside your pouch. If you have a lot of gas, the bag can over-expand.

But none of this would have been possible without my stoma bag. And yet when it was first suggested to me 10 years ago, aged 38, I couldn’t stop crying because it seemed like the most awful ...

A woman is documenting her experiencing living with a stoma bag – including shopping for a wedding dress – because she wants to "normalise it and break the stigma". Poppy Williams, 27 ...

In a recent post Poppy shared advice about what it is like to shop for a wedding dress when you have a stoma A woman is documenting her experiencing living with a stoma bag – including shopping ...

Emma Sellars has had a stoma bag since the age of 17 "In the six years I've had a stoma, I've had one toilet that's been completely accessible for me," says Emma Sellars. "It is a real downer to ...

I started bleeding. I couldn't sleep at night and ... her colon and six feet of her large intestine and gave her an ostomy bag. "I very quickly realized that this was my only option and so I ...