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
The women celebrated graduating from the course. but this is by no means the end of the work for the chameleon buddies. so where do you see the future for the charity now? next year, we re going to bring four stoma nurses with us, hopefully a continence nurse. eventually, what i would really like to do is fund an actual stoma nurse here at the hospital. we want one of the nurses here to train up to be a stoma nurse specialist. that s ultimately what we would like. and so we don t need our nurses coming over. that s, like, my ultimate dream. and it s going to happen. it s definitely going to happen. i believe it when you say it. it will, yeah. it will happen. all: bila siri, bila aibu! cheering
Cheering at the end of the week, the women celebrated graduating from the course. but this is by no means the end of the work for the chameleon buddies. so where do you see the future for the charity now? next year, we re going to bring four stoma nurses with us, hopefully a continence nurse. eventually, what i would really like to do is fund an actual stoma nurse here at the hospital. we want one of the nurses here to train up to be a stoma nurse specialist. that s ultimately what we would like. and so we don t need our nurses coming over. that s, like, my ultimate dream. and it s going to happen. it s definitely going to happen. i believe it when you say it. it will, yeah. it will happen. all: bila siri, bila aibu! cheering
The Western Health and Social Care Trust (Western Trust) Stoma Nursing Service is inviting people to join them in their annual Stoma Spring Walk.The Wa.