For the past two years, I have been living with an ileostomy bag due to previously suffering from Pan-Ulcerative Colitis, since having my operation I have had to overcome many barriers and I want to share some of these things with you which I have to deal with on a daily basis.

Training Abs is something everyone wants to do after abdominal surgery, in this video, I will show you the best way to do this safely. This isn't something that can be rushed and you can be a huge risk of a hernia - so don't risk it for a short term gain.

Often with many bowel based conditions, people will end up with what's known as a stoma, which is essentially an opening in the abdomen wall where a part of the intestine can exit. The endpoint of the intestine on the outside of the abdomen is known as a stoma. You have many types of stoma's mine is an ileostomy but the most commonly known is a colostomy.