The Bag for Life 

So, picture the scene: it's a lovely hot April evening and I am doing a spot of shopping in my usual supermarket. All is good. I've just...

There is a classic line in literature that says: it was the best of times and it was the worst of times. Yes, you get points if you know...

I've had a stoma since September 2018, when I was unexpectedly diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer and had to undergo emergency surgery....

This is the full video of the talk I gave on the 20th February 2020, telling my story with bowel cancer since 2018, living with a stoma,...

Ahead of the full presentation that I gave at the University College Birmingham, EV Productions have compiled this cheeky little taster...

I have to say that as a stoma bag user on a daily basis... Mind you, it’s not like you can take a day off, or just go back to the good...

I've had an eventful week. After having a portacath fitted, I started my new chemo regime of Cetuximab and FOLFIRI. The side effects have...

When I was in hospital recovering from the life-saving surgery that saved my life, when a tumor the size of the surgeon's fist was...

Not only a classic tune from The Doors in the sixties, but I thought a fitting title for my next stoma bag related ramblings. Living with...

One of the great ironies, and at the same time, benefits of owning a stoma bag, is the sense of liberation that you acquire after you...

One of the rather strange consequences of having level 4a stage bowel cancer, is that depending on your severity, sadly sometimes it...