something i had never seen. i wanted to run away. i never accepted it easily. for the first three months, it was hectic. i don't know how to put it on. i don't want to see the wound. i didn't even want to look at myself and see where the wound is. and i had nobody to open to, apart from my last—born daughter. she's very courageous. so, she's the one who could come and put the stoma at the wound. but when she went back to the college, i really had it rough. i could use even four stomas. that costed me almost 4,000 every day. the high cost of the bags is also a hurdle for the women, many spending up to 1,000 shillings on a single bag. that's the equivalent of about £5. the average salary for an educated person in kenya is 25,000 shillings per month, meaning the entire salary