Inspirational Stories Read Some Insiring Stories of Other Ostomates

I was diagnosed with UC when I was 12. After a lot of trial and error and a long hospital stay, I had my colon removed in 2008 before most kids my age or myself really understood what was happening. Turned out I had Crohn’s disease and I needed more medications and more surgeries. Fast forward about 13 years and ...

Hi, my name is Linda. It's tough to try and briefly say how NaScent has affected and contributed to my 50 years living with my ostomy. Back in the 90’s NaScent was just a seed planted in hopes of helping ostomates live and deal with the daily struggles that come with their new lifestyle. After much effort and trial and ...

I was never going to have a stoma, ostomy. My auntie had a couple over time and all I heard was negative things. As part of the recovery of surgery to remove stage three bowel cancer. The consultant and nurse convinced me that I would recover quicker and better. I did have a reversal. Unfortunately after surgery and radiotherapy, I ...

I suffered from severe UC from my very first flare at 22. My first GI doctor told me within my first month that I had a bad case and would need surgery eventually. That obviously frightened me. Years of hopping from one med to another trying to find something that works and changing doctors as I moved, all led to ...