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
Throughout the week, stoma nurse claire from whitley bay has been running a clinic, offering much needed advice to the women. she also trained the nursing staff and helped to sort out the vast supplies of donated stoma bags. so, what are the main differences that you ve seen in the women here, compared to what you see in the uk? i think it was the lack of support and care that they had, right from the whole of theirjourney. some of them can t afford to get to the hospital. they struggle to get here from a distance. they don t have the follow up like we do in the uk. but then, once they re discharged, then that s it. they re left to their own devices, which is where their problems maybe start or their isolation starts or their stigma starts or their fear about living with a stoma, that they then become detached from their family or their group of friends. and they didn t really understand, a lot of the women, how to look after themselves. is that right? no, they very much were taught a
My name is claire. i m one of the stoma nurses from the uk and i m here to see if we can help you and support you with your stoma care. throughout the week, stoma nurse claire from whitley bay has been running a clinic, offering much needed advice to the women. she also trained the nursing staff and helped to sort out the vast supplies of donated stoma bags. so, what are the main differences that you ve seen in the women here, compared to what you see in the uk? i think it was the lack of support and care that they had, right from the whole of theirjourney. some of them can t afford to get to the hospital. they struggle to get here from a distance. they don t have the follow up like we do in the uk. but then, once they re discharged, then that s it. they re left to their own devices, which is where their problems maybe start or their isolation starts or their stigma starts or their fear about living with a stoma, that they then become detached from their family or their group of friend