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YOU
Stories
Keep an eye on this, our special page, as we keep adding to it. As the
members of YOU share their experiences, you may find something that you can
relate to!
- Alex's Story
- ... I am 16 years old. I had my loop ileostomy for three years now
and looking after it has become quite a normal part of my daily life ...
[read
more]
- Anne's Story
- Like many other members, I too felt that
at last I had found my "niche". The special support and
closeness of Y0U fills that gap or "void" ... {ileostomy;
Crohn's disease} ...
[read
more]
- Brigette's Story
- I was first diagnosed with Familial Polyposis in October 1980, aged
13. I had my first operation three weeks later ... {ileostomy} ... [read
more]
- Craig's Story
- Not long after joining Y0U, I knew this group was for me. It was
just what I was looking for ... I am 22 years old and have had Crohn's
Disease for 11 years ... [read
more]
- Gary's Story
- Here's a little story about my experience
with stomal surgery, with exaggerations and elaborations courtesy of an
overactive imagination. Note that the following, story should not
be taken as (completely) gospel ... {colostomy} ... [read
more]
- Grace's Story
- The story I'm about to tell is, I'm told, not a very common one. My
family has a disease known as Familial Polyposis ... {ileostomy} ... [read
more]
- Helen's Story
- In writing this story I hope to give some reassurance to any female
ostomate who is considering having children ... {ileostomy} ... [read
more]
- Jane's Story
- I was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease in
1982. I was only 16 and had been unwell for at least three years
previously. Doctors had been unable to determine what was wrong with me
and after a while I began to doubt myself and to think that maybe all
the symptoms were in my head ... {ileostomy} ... [read
more]
- Jack's Story
- Jack is now three and a half years old
and, I am lead to believe, the youngest member of YOU ... {early childhood
colostomy; ulcerative colitis} ... [read
more]
- Jessica's Story
- The following story is about my move from
primary school to my new school for my secondary school years. ... I
have a disease called Neuronal Intestinal Dysplasia (NIDS). ...
{colostomy} ... [read
more]
- Lana's Story
- I have made it! I have made it to twenty-one. My night of nights
has come, and it is my turn to shine! I am not allowed to worry about
doctors, needles and hospitals ... {uterostomy; congenital} ... [read
more]
- Mike's Story
- I've just got back from a 10k ride ... I'm back to full-time work,
back to the footy, the movies, the park with my two children ...
Mightn't sound like much but given where I was not that long ago,
they're all "little victories" that mean a lot ... {j-pouch;
ulcerative colitis} ... [read
more]
- Rosalind's Story
- ... But often I don't think of my pouch at all, just like the old
fashioned way of going to the toilet, you only thought about it when you
were in need and hopefully only once a day (before U.C.) ... {j-pouch}
... [read
more]
- Steve's Story
- ... I am 31 years old and I have had a permanent colostomy for
about 5 months ... my original problem was Crohn's Disease of the large
intestine, which was diagnosed about nine and a half years ago ... [read
more]
- Teddi's Story
- Since I've had my colostomy since I was five years old I really
don't know what it is like not to have it, so I guess my situation is a
little different from the usual ostomate story ... {Hirschsprung's disease} ... [read
more]
- Terry's Story
- In 1949, aged seventeen, I had a
temporary stoma for nine months due to ulcerative colitis. So what
was it like to be a young ostomate during this time? ... [read
more]
We end our section of personal stories with a Q&A compilation.
- Pregnancy and
Childbirth with a Stoma
- ... we asked some of our young mums how
they survived pregnancy and childbirth with a stoma ... [read
more]
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