not to have any shame. i i can do anything. cheering gill castle was so severely injured in childbirth in october 2011 that she had to have a colostomy operation. she d suffered a fistula a hole between her rectum and hervagina and a fourth degree tear which couldn t be repaired. so she had to have her bowel diverted out onto her abdomen, creating a permanent stoma. knowing how hard it was to come to terms with this massive life change, she wanted to let others see it couldn t stop herfrom doing anything. when i first had my stoma surgery, i was told, no, you can t do that to a lot of things. but my attitude is, well, why not? nothing ventured, nothing gained. i don t want to dwell all the time on what happened in the past. i also want to show people what s possible moving forward. screams morning, everybody! here we are at ben nevis. and that s really important, to give people hope, i think. good morning, happy campers! and throughout the winter of 2020, gill did jus
i was, gosh, with a colostomy bag, swimming, enjoying life? i said, yes, i can. i ve learnt to be confident, not to have any shame. i i can do anything. cheering gill castle was so severely injured in childbirth in october 2011 that she had to have a colostomy operation. she d suffered a fistula a hole between her rectum and hervagina and a fourth degree tear which couldn t be repaired. so she had to have her bowel diverted out onto her abdomen, creating a permanent stoma. knowing how hard it was to come to terms with this massive life change, she wanted to let others see it couldn t stop herfrom doing anything. when i first had my stoma surgery, i was told, no, you can t do that to a lot of things. but my attitude is, well, why not? nothing ventured, nothing gained. shivers i don t want to dwell all the time on what happened in the past. i also want to show people what s possible moving forward. screams morning, everybody! here we are at ben nevis. and that s rea
swimming in open water three times a week and streaming it online. welcome, everybody! this is the start of my bikini challenge. everyone should do this. it is so good for your mental health. it s just amazing. i mean, come on, man who doesn t want to do this?! it was then that she was contacted by the head of an american charity called beyond fistula, which helps kenyan women who, like gill, have had fistula surgery, many of whom end up with a stoma. i am pulling it. they re cringing! see? chuckles. i don t care! i realised during the course of that conversation they don t have stoma bags and the ones that do have are very poor quality, so i said, oh! well, we have lots of surplus in the uk that can t be given back to the hospital. they can t go anywhere other than landfill. so, ifundraised. it s absolutely insane to me to think that two years ago i was in my little garage in alnwick, in northumberland,
Times a week and streaming it online. welcome, everybody! this is the start of my bikini challenge. everyone should do this. it is so good for your mental health. it s just amazing. i mean, come on, man who doesn t want to do this? it was then that she was contacted by the head of an american charity called beyond fistula, which helps kenyan women who, like gill, have had fistula surgery, many of whom end up with a stoma. i am pulling it. they re cringing! see? chuckles. i don t care! i realised during the course of that conversation they don t have stoma bags and the ones that do have are very poor quality, so i said, oh!