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
And his wife carolyne specifically to treat fistulas. they run theirfarm, around an hour outside of eldoret, to provide the patients with fresh food and milk to ensure they get the right nutrition. fistulas often affect the poorest women who can t access health care, so the operations are offered here for free. dr mabeya is one of only around ten surgeons in the whole of kenya who operates on fistulas. the operation is not paying because the patient cannot pay you. and i think there is a stigma from the doctor that the condition is difficult to treat, so there s a myriad of reasons why this condition has been left out. women who suffer from obstetric fistula, they lead a very miserable life. but when they come to gynocare, they get this life saving surgery. grace suffered a fistula in childbirth, then later
Planting until the other side, so that we have enough supply of bananas. the gynocare hospital was set up by dr hillary mabeya and his wife carolyne specifically to treat fistulas. they run theirfarm, around an hour outside of eldoret, to provide the patients with fresh food and milk to ensure they get the right nutrition. fistulas often affect the poorest women who can t access health care, so the operations are offered here for free. dr mabeya is one of only around ten surgeons in the whole of kenya who operates on fistulas. the operation is not paying because the patient cannot pay you. and i think there is a stigma from the doctors that the condition is difficult to treat. so there s a myriad of reasons why this condition has been left out. women who suffer from obstetric fistula, they lead a very miserable life. but when they come to gynocare,