Happy 50th My Sue @littlemissileo Welcome to the old lady club. We’re all set for our nifty fifties

So good to catch up with some of my stoma buddies while flying the patient flag @ASCNUK

Was great to see you and have a catch up. Fab coffee too @Coloplast_UK

A great start to #ASCN2025. Thank you so much @ASCNUK for inviting me to take part. Fantastic sessions with so much interest in irrigation. I’m so passionate that patients who are interested can get support to try irrigation. It can be a game changer in colostomy management.

Are you coming to #ASCNUK2025? We’d love to see you at the irrigation workshop on Sunday. I’ll help answer any questions as someone who’s irrigated for 18y. I’m passionate about helping you help your patients - it can be a life changing way to manage a colostomy.

It’s #worldostomyday. I might not climb mountains or achieve amazing things, but just pootling along in life happily should be celebrated. As should the amazing friends & opportunities a stoma has opened up for me. Shit happened but I’m proud to use my experiences to help others

Saluting and sending love to the ostomy warriors and the great ostomates all over the world. Every journey with a stoma isn’t the same, but everybody with an ostomy story deserves respect, and not to feel any shame. #WorldOstomyDay #Stoma #Ostomy

Thrilled to see this new paper published by the @ASCNUK project team driving the work with @MarkCheetham @NHSGIRFT to reduce unwarranted variations in stoma care service provision. You can download it here https://t.co/NkFARP1rNr @caspertown42

The Colostomy Irrigation at #ASCNUK25 offers an overview of the theory, rationale and practice of irrigation. It will help attendees build confidence to introduce colostomy irrigation as an alternative management option for patients. Find out more: https://t.co/mkYuGflLR9

Excited to have been invited by @ASCNUK to talk from a patients perspective at the irrigation workshop #ASCN2025 . Come along to find out more, share tips and help more patients access what can be a life changing way to manage their colostomy.

Thank you @ACPGBI for keeping patients at the centre of #ACPGBI2025. We were proud to be involved in sessions & will continue to champion the priorities of patients by working together with all stakeholders.

Our PLG member @IanJackson50 back on stage for the third time today, this time Co-Chairing the Quality Improvement in Colorectal Cancer session #ACPGBI2025 @ACPGBI

Great representation by the @ACPGBI_PLG at #ACPGBI2025 - Sarah Squire and Ian Jackson giving a clear and honest picture of the impact of abdominal wall hernia on quality of life and overall wellbeing.

I can think of worse places to have a coffee while waiting for my qPCR plate to finish! Beautiful day in Oxford 🌞

A really great day today with some fantastic discussion about communication around stoma formation. Wonderful to see @SarahSquire73 @nic_dames (who is still terrible on public transport!) @hsekhar1982 @NatashaRolls1 @Beccajfish and @cam_colorectal

Ice cream day @OxfordDPAG @lee_moir

Gutted (excuse the pun) that I’ll be away and can’t attend but if you are a patient with a parastomal hernia I’d encourage you to take a look & attend if possible. Joining surgeons, nurses and patients together in collaboration. Looks to be a brilliant event!

Did anyone talk to you about how colorectal or pelvic floor surgery could affect your sex life? Most patients in our study said no. Now, we’re creating a tool to ensure these conversations happen—but we need to hear from those who never had one. Email. LNWH-tr.sexprom@nhs.net

@ACPGBI @ACPGBI_EduTrain @EYCN_ACP @Neil_J_Smart @TorkiJ @MissLHancock @escp_tweets @ASCRS_1 @RSMcoloproct @RCSnews @JimkhanMD @nicolaeardley @SarahSquire73 @Dukes_Club @EDIforACPGBI @ACPGBI_PLG @MrJTJenkins @chrisc_oxford @kjadams_surg @AntoninoSpin @Pelican_Cancer

Being a patient representative is hugely rewarding, if you would like to become involved in @BritishHernia new patient subcommittee follow the link ⏬️⏬️.