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Nurse whose weight dropped to five stone while battling painful condition plans trip of a lifetime thanks to stoma bag

A nurse whose weight plummeted to just five stone while battling a painful and debilitating condition says getting a stoma bag fitted was the “best thing” she has ever done and she is now able to go on the trip of a lifetime. Katie Harpur, 25, a ...

19 May 2023 at 07:00

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Woman told she would die aged 20 as weight fell to five stone undergoes life-saving surgery after bowel disease diagnosis

A woman who dropped to just five stone and was told she would die “within a few months” at 20 years old following a bowel disease diagnosis is now urging people not to ignore symptoms such as blood in their stool and frequent trips to the ...

03 Nov 2023 at 07:00

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You can do anything, stoma bag or not: Woman, 46, to run 50km ultra marathon after double bowel cancer and hysterectomy

A woman who was diagnosed with bowel cancer twice after finding out she had a genetic predisposition to the disease is celebrating her five-year anniversary of being cancer-free by racing 50km in her first ultra marathon, doing so with a ...

08 Jan 2024 at 06:30

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VIDEO: Mum aged 26 becomes TikTok star sharing videos of her stoma bag to normalise Crohn’s disease that saw her rush to loo 30 times a day

A 26-year-old mum has become a TikTok sensation after sharing videos of the stoma bag she had fitted last month in a bid to normalise the Crohn’s Disease that saw her frequently hospitalised and sometimes rushing to the loo up to 30 ...

15 Jun 2022 at 09:18

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‘Childhood bullies nearly killed me because of my colitis – now I push boundaries and my husband has a stoma bag tattoo’

A colitis patient nearly killed by childhood bullies who stamped on her stoma is hoping to make fitness history – with her husband inking his support. Diagnosed with ulcerative colitis aged nine, Lindsay Bowers, 41, from ...

28 May 2025 at 00:01

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Mum with bowel cancer says Manchester Airport security treated her ‘like a villain’ when her stoma bag set off an alarm

A mother whose sudden stomach pain turned out to be bowel cancer said she was “humiliated” and treated “like a villain” by Manchester Airport security staff when her stoma bag set off an alarm. Kelly Grigg, 39, from ...

19 Dec 2025 at 06:55

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Mum with stoma bag poses in bikinis on social media to raise awareness after being given a ‘second chance at life’

A mum who was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease aged 13 and had to have her colon removed eleven years later as it became pre-cancerous, giving her a “second chance at life”, is now an influencer bearing all to show ...

31 Jul 2023 at 08:06

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Woman who had cervical cancer twice and now has urostomy bag shares fashion tips on social media to help style a stoma

A woman who was diagnosed with cervical cancer at age 28, and again at age 29, who had to have a urostomy bag fitted to remove the tumour and can no longer have children, is raising awareness about life with a ...

06 Oct 2023 at 07:00

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