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Fittleworth News
- 20/07/23: A Call to Friends and Family: The Power of Asking ‘Are You Okay?’
- 05/07/23: Balancing Blood Sugar and Gut Health: Diabetes and Stoma-Friendly Eating
- 23/06/23: Beyond the Fear: Thriving in Exercise with a Stoma
- 14/06/23: Resilience and Reinvention: My Career Journey Post-Spinal Cord Injury
- 07/06/23: The Importance of Mental Health Check-Ins: A Patient’s Perspective
- 31/05/23: Take Control of Your Delivery
- 25/05/23: Turkey Burger & Sweet Potato Wedges – Ostomy-Friendly Recipe
- 25/05/23: Wholemeal Banana Muffins Recipe
- 25/05/23: Quiche Lorraine Recipe
- 03/05/23: Vanilla Panna Cotta Berry Compote Recipe
- 02/05/23: Butternut Squash Soup Recipe
- 02/05/23: Tray Baked Sea Bass, Fondant Potato & Mediterranean Vegetables Recipe
- 02/05/23: Green Smoothie Recipe
- 24/04/23: Chicken Curry & Pilaf Rice Recipe
- 03/04/23: Conversations I wish I’d had with my Stoma Nurse
- 03/03/23: What I can eat with a stoma: my experience post-surgery and beyond
- 26/01/23: What to put in an emergency ostomy bag change kit
- 18/01/23: Finding MY healthy lifestyle
- 23/12/22: Plant-based eating with a bowel stoma
- 24/11/22: Products to support ostomates during day-to-day life
- 18/10/22: Intestinal blockages with a stoma
- 29/09/22: Common struggles after stoma surgery
- 12/09/22: New national public holiday announced to honour HM Queen Elizabeth II
- 09/09/22: The passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
- 05/09/22: Sleeping with an ostomy bag
- 09/08/22: A stoma symptom and food diary for ostomates
- 04/08/22: Break-ups and fallouts post stoma surgery
- 30/06/22: Intimacy after stoma surgery
- 08/06/22: My experience of talking about my stoma to romantic partners
- 12/05/22: Product Recall – Fittleworth Wet Wipes
- 11/05/22: Celebrating our Fittleworth Stoma and Urology Nurses
- 10/05/22: Stoma names: The potential positives of naming your stoma
- 04/03/22: Your relationship with yourself: Self-compassion tips and exercises
- 04/03/22: Your relationship with yourself: Processing your emotions and body confidence tips
- 09/02/22: Ostomy body image | Dear stoma, I love you because…
- 09/02/22: Dating with an Ostomy
- 18/01/22: Ostomy Life – A progress report for stoma surgery
- 06/12/21: Ostomates – A Guide For Maximising Festive Food Enjoyment
- 06/12/21: Swimming With A Stoma
- 26/11/21: Nutrition and Mental Wellbeing – An Ostomate’s Guide
- 25/10/21: Eating well during Diwali with a bowel stoma
- 25/10/21: Sex After Stoma Surgery
- 20/10/21: Disability Employment Awareness Month
- 13/09/21: Fittleworth Reachout – 9th Edition
- 01/09/21: Preparing For Stoma Surgery – Part 2
- 01/09/21: Preparing For Stoma Surgery – Part 1
- 04/08/21: What can I wear with an ostomy bag?
- 16/07/21: Ostomate Nutrition Myths
- 23/06/21: Recovering from emergency stoma surgery
- 08/06/21: Service Update
- 26/05/21: Travelling with a stoma: Considerations for ostomates
- 20/05/21: Top hydration tips for bowel stomas
- 10/05/21: Eating out with an ostomy
- 05/05/21: Mental health awareness week | Ostomy edition
- 05/05/21: Celebrating World IBD Day
- 08/04/21: Body confidence part 2 | accepting my new body with an ostomy
- 08/04/21: Body confidence part 1 | grieving for my pre-stoma body
- 22/03/21: Eating well during Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr with a bowel-stoma
- 16/03/21: The impact of different foods on ostomy output | Food diary
- 01/03/21: Lifestyle adaptations to control weight gain with an ostomy
- 01/03/21: Colorectal cancer awareness month | Gemma’s story
- 23/02/21: What’s the difference in nutrition advice for ileostomies and colostomies?
- 05/02/21: Why I wish I’d had my permanent stoma sooner
- 26/01/21: Sharing the love for Valentine’s Day
- 19/01/21: Fittleworth Reachout – 8th Edition
- 11/01/21: New year, new me
- 08/01/21: Bathing and showering with an ostomy
- 23/12/20: Fittleworth Reachout – 7th Edition
- 23/12/20: How to Prevent Pressure Ulcers After a Spinal Cord Injury
- 17/12/20: Bread and Butter Pudding Festive Recipe
- 17/12/20: Broccoli Gratin Festive Recipe
- 17/12/20: Maple-glazed Tofu Roast Festive Recipe
- 16/12/20: Festive foods, drinks, and your stoma
- 10/12/20: Spinal Cord Injury Diet Advice, Weight Loss After Spinal Cord Injury
- 08/12/20: Enjoying the festive season with a stoma in 2020
- 03/12/20: Spinal Cord Injury Bladder Problems & Management
- 02/12/20: Fitness Pre and Post Stoma Surgery
- 01/12/20: What’s going on in Inflammatory Bowel Disease research?
- 26/11/20: Spinal Cord Injury Diet Advice For Spinal Cord Injury Digestive Problems
- 11/11/20: How to Maintain Bone Health After a Spinal Cord Injury
- 05/11/20: Ostomy bags! How are you emptying yours?
- 03/11/20: I don’t always like my stoma
- 23/10/20: Going to a theme park with an ostomy
- 02/10/20: Why Ostomy Awareness is important to me
- 15/09/20: Parastomal hernia prevention
- 10/09/20: How I felt when I found out that I needed a stoma
- 19/08/20: How and why I got back into exercise after stoma surgery
- 05/08/20: Fittleworth Reachout – 5th Edition
- 30/07/20: Sustaining friendships has been more difficult due to chronic illness
- 09/07/20: How the lack of open public toilets impacts the ostomy community
- 10/06/20: Fittleworth Reachout – 4th Edition
- 23/04/20: Fittleworth Reachout – 3rd Edition
- 30/03/20: Fittleworth Reach Out – 2nd Edition
- 24/03/20: Open As Usual
- 23/03/20: Fittleworth Reach Out – 1st Edition
- 19/03/20: Talking to us
- 16/03/20: Fittleworth Update: Secure Supply
- 29/02/20: Easter Care Centre closing times
- 16/03/18: The Duke of Kent opens new Fittleworth Head Office