BBCNEWS Behind July 5, 2024
i was, "gosh, with a colostomy bag, swimming, enjoying life?" i said, "yes, i can." i've 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. she'd suffered a fistula — a hole between her rectum and hervagina — and a fourth degree tear which couldn't be repaired. so she had to have her bowel diverted out onto her abdomen, creating a permanent stoma. knowing how hard it was to come to terms with this massive life change, she wanted to let others see...