Debbie Kinder of Charleston, West Virginia has used an ostomy bag for around four years. Her nonprofit, Kinder's Closet, ...

In an interview with Newsweek via Zoom, Levitt shared the highs and mostly the lows of Crohn's disease and how she managed to embrace her stoma bag. "It was never something that I wanted. I didn't ...

After being diagnosed with rectal cancer, Iona Woolmington learned she needed an ileostomy. Her experience led her to write ...

Nancy Kemeny, MD (cont.) So I think the concept of colostomy is not as bad as it usually is. In some patients, where there is an emergency operation and then they put a colostomy right in the ...

Through Gutless and Glamorous, she aims to encourage and empower women and men living with an ostomy to love themselves for all that they are. Her ultimate goal is to help erase the stigma of ...