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I was, gosh, with a colostomy bag, swimming, enjoying life . I said, yes, i can. Ive learnt to be confident, not to have any shame. I i can do anything. Cheering gill castle was so severely injured in childbirth in october 2011 that she had to have a Colostomy Operation. Shed suffered a fistula a hole between her rectum and hervagina and a fourth degree tear which couldnt be repaired. So she had to have her bowel diverted out onto her abdomen, creating a permanent stoma. Knowing how hard it was ...

i was, "gosh, with a colostomy bag, swimming, enjoying life?" i said, "yes, i can." ive learnt to be confident, not to have any shame. i i can do anything. cheering gill castle was so severely injured in childbirth in october 2011 that she had to have a colostomy operation. shed suffered a fistula — a hole between her rectum and hervagina — and a fourth degree tear which couldnt be repaired. so she had to have her bowel diverted out onto her abdomen, creating a permanent stoma. kno...

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Knowing how hard it was to come to terms with this massive life change, she wanted to let others see it couldnt stop herfrom doing anything. when i first had my stoma surgery, i was told, "no, you cant do that" to a lot of things. but my attitude is, "well, why not?" nothing ventured, nothing gained. i dont want to dwell all the time on what happened in the past. i also want to show people whats possible moving forward. screams morning, everybody! here we are at ben nevis. and thats really impor...

I have to talk. im going to talk about it. for other women to know they have to live a normal life like any other woman. i feel my future will be bright. yeah. whats changed for you this week? ive learned to be confident, not to have any shame, - that i can bathe. i can be the same like my friends. l i can do swimming. i can ride a bicycle. i can do anything. when i came and i heard the story of gill, it really changed my life. it changed my mind. i started enjoying life. i became happy. bila si...

And theyll be able to come up, open the box, "yep. _ this one. "we need this powder. we need this belt." and on their way they go. a lot better system - than the bags and boxes just heaped together. not everyone can make it to eldoret. so gill and her team made the long journey to siaya county to meet symprose and offer her care at home. and the issue that this lady has is one of acceptance, essentially. so she cannot accept her stoma. she cant accept that she needs one. the fact that shes alway...

And girls that have been. in our sessions over this last week, i firmly believe that l theyre going to go back to their communities. and their villages with - a little bit more confidence. so its all about women supporting women, basically. yeah, thats what its all about. i dont want to come here and show these women that theres hope for life with a stoma. i want them to show each other. i want the women to run the support groups. they dont need me to do that for them. there have been a number o...

But the connection with gill went even deeper. i sort of wanted to point out to them why i thought they were special. and i thought they were so special, i was prepared to swim to another country. so, i sort of shared my channel swim with them, and weve had a video up, yeah, and they, all of a sudden, theyjust stood up and started clapping and they were crying. they were so emotional. the power in that moment, you know, i thought my heart was going to burst. yourejust, like, enveloped by love, a...

It reversed now. does that feel like a big win for you? thats a massive win because i know once people have accepted it, theyll embrace it. and she willjust keep moving forward now. thank you. my pleasure. you will be given... ...0ne of these, which is the template. gill, along with nicola, ran a series of workshops which included teaching the women how to make their own sanitary products, not just for personal use, but so they can sell them to keep their independence. many of the women have bee...