Jennifer Borchek’s Story
A Journey From Caregiver to Student, Ostomy Patient, and Nurse My name is Jennifer Borchek, and I am a recent graduate of Chamberlain University with a Bachelor of Science in […]
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Reach Out for Ostomy Support
You are not alone, A Community of Support is Here to Help By Ellyn Mantell Upon returning from a day of errands, my hands full of packages and bags of […]
LeeAnne Hayden’s Story
It’s Ivan’s 4th Birthday! Four years ago today my amazing doctors, Dr. Leslie Demars and Dr. Joga Ivatury removed a huge tumor out of my pelvis and I woke up […]
Ostomy Self-Care and Wellness Tips for 2020
By Elaine O’Rourke During the winter of 2005, I went from being an active, strong, 35-year-old yoga teacher to being completely debilitated, feeling like I was 100 years old and […]
Positive Change is Happening!
2019 Advocacy Accomplishments We Can All be Proud of By UOAA Advocacy Manager Jeanine Gleba I pride myself on being an “action person” and nothing gives me greater satisfaction than […]
Justin Mirigliani’s Story
Ostomy Strong and Giving Back on the Ice By Ed Pfueller, UOAA Communications and Outreach Manager In 2015 things were looking up for Justin Mirigliani. An active father of two, […]
Get Your Groove On!
By UOAA Advocacy Manager Jeanine Gleba “A boa can hide a belly bump, if you arrange it carefully!” Ms. Senior America (MSA) alum, Pinky O’Neil, explains to me. After the […]
Support the Ostomy Community this Giving Season
Give back to those in need with a gift to sustain this website and programs such as the Ostomy Patient Visiting Program Imagine if everyone dealing with the emotions and […]
Hollywood’s First Ostomy
Subject of the movie White Boy Rick reveals why depicting his ostomy was critical to the story. By R.S. Elvey Hollywood movies, both fictional and nonfictional, thrive on melodramas […]
Living With An Ostomy: An 18-Year-Old’s Perspective
By Steven Berit I fainted the first time I lost a tooth. Not from the actual pain of the removal, but from the sight of the blood dripping from my […]
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