Episodes

  • Intimacy with a stoma

    Intimacy with a stoma
    Feb 22 2023
    In this episode, we are feeling the love!
    Host and Counsellor Helen Farrell talks with Blogger & Stoma Advocate, Alannah Simpson, and Freelance Consultant and Stoma Advocate Patrick O’Dwyer, about their own perspectives on intimacy after stoma surgery.

    A quick warning...
    This episode contains frank discussions about adult intimacy and sex.
    Listener discretion is advised.
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    57 mins
  • All things mental health and living with a stoma

    All things mental health and living with a stoma
    Jan 24 2023
    In this episode, Host & Counsellor Helen Farrell chats with guests Rachel Green and Lynne Sinclair about the effects on mental health both pre and post stoma surgery, as well as living with a stoma and the importance of having somebody to talk to and not suffering in silence.
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    51 mins
  • Holidays & Celebrations with a stoma

    Holidays & Celebrations with a stoma
    Dec 20 2022
    In this week’s episode, Host & Counsellor Helen Farrell chats with guests Jo Hunt, Anne Marks and Aisha Hussain about important holidays and celebrations throughout the year, and the impact this may have on a person’s stoma routine.

    With festive celebrations upon us, Helen and our guests share ways that you can adapt and adjust your stoma routine during the holidays.
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    34 mins
  • Support & advice before & after stoma surgery

    Support & advice before & after stoma surgery
    Nov 24 2022
    In this episode Host and Counsellor Helen Farrell chats with Anna Linnell, a Trained Stoma Nurse & Business Development Manager at Amcare Group and advocate Glen Neilson about support and advice that is available both before and after stoma surgery, and their own experiences with support.



    For free support sign up to our Me+ program, which is a service that offers tools and advice for every step of the stoma journey.
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    27 mins
  • Parenting & young people with a stoma

    Parenting & young people with a stoma
    Oct 31 2022
    In this episode, Host and Counsellor Helen Farrell speaks to advocates Tom Crawford and Tracey Rea, about being a young person with a stoma and a parent of a young person with a stoma.

    Helen, Tom and Tracey share their stories as well as practical advice and coping mechanisms for both young people and parents.
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    36 mins
  • Returning to work with a stoma

    Returning to work with a stoma
    Aug 5 2022
    In this episode, Host and Counsellor Helen Farrell talks about returning to work with a stoma.
    Helen's guests in this episode are Pauline Fallows and Adrian Watters who both work for Convatec and Amcare Group and both have stomas and give their perspectives on returning to work as well as working life after surgery.



    Convatec and Amcare Group do not control what podcast speakers say in their testimonials/statements according to their own experiences.
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    40 mins
  • Travelling with a stoma

    Travelling with a stoma
    Jun 27 2022
    In this episode, Host and Counsellor Helen Farrell talks about travelling with a stoma with guests and Patient Advocates, Charlie Bremmell and Rachel Green, who have both travelled extensively across the UK and the world with Stoma bags.

    Convatec and Amcare Group do not control what podcast speakers say in their testimonials/statements according to their own experiences.
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    48 mins
  • Raising Bowel Cancer Awareness

    Raising Bowel Cancer Awareness
    May 11 2022
    In this episode, Host and Counsellor Helen Farrell, speaks with Clinical Exercise Specialist Sarah Russell and Bowel Cancer and Stoma Advocate Mark Gripton, about raising awareness during Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, and the effects of living with Bowel Cancer and a Stoma.

    Convatec and Amcare Group do not control what podcast speakers say in their testimonials/statements according to their own experiences.
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    40 mins