In this episode I speak with Brianna - The Laughing Stoma on Instagram about: 

- living in different countries in an ostomy

- getting your Ileostomy at 24

- When Drs can't figure out what is wrong 

- Diagnosed with Ehlers- Danlos Syndrome 

- How to deal with leakages 

- What life has been like 

In this episode with guest Sam Abarca we discuss: 

- When Colitis comes on during your pregnancy 

- Being on every kind of medication

- Needing to know where all the toilets are

- Being a nurse and taking care of ostomy patients 

- Becoming an ostomy patient 

- Finding others online who are in ostomies to relate too 

- Being able to enjoy life now - running marathons, swimming 

You can find Sam on Instagram @aussie_ostomate 

In this weeks Episode I speak with Krista Nickerson also known as my gut instinct on Instagram.   We talk about: 

- being diagnosed with Crohns at 9 years old 

- living with the disease her entire life 

- advocating for herself

- how to come out of a dark place

- having ostomy surgery right before her wedding

- what life has been like these last 3 years. 

You can find Krista on Instagram @my.gut.instinct 

In this episode we discuss:

- Knowing something is wrong at the age of 12 but being too embarrassed to say anything 

- Trying to live a life as a teenager while being on medications to help with your issues

- Having surgery after 20 years

- Defining moments 

- Overcoming the obstacles 

You can find Michelle on Instagram @michellevalentino 

In this weeks episode I speak with guest Carly Allen.  We talk about: 

- finding out you have stage 3 vulva cancer at 38 

- when you don't look like you are sick 

- surviving cancer and finding out it came back 

- what lead to the ostomy 

- Living with and Ostomy for live 

Connect with Carly on Instagram @ostomate_and_the_city

In this weeks episode I speak with guest Joy Wilde.  She shares her story about starting to live in an Ostomy from her mid twenties.  

-Diagnosed with Chronic Ulcerative Colitis at 21

- Living in pain 

- Different diets 

- BCRR (internal pouch)

- Having an external Ileostomy

Connect with Joy on Instagram @the.art.of.ostomy.maintenance

- Dating with an ostomy 

In this weeks episode my special guest Amanda Ambroise talks about having severe belly pain and what she found out. 

- 3 surgeries in 5 months

- living with a temporary Ileostomy 

- finding out you had twisted colon 

- when you are about an hour away from dying 

- living life in such a positive way 

Find Amanda on Instagram @amandaambroise_fitmomof3

Welcome to the very first episode of The Beautiful Bag.    Listen in this week as I discuss why this podcast was created.   I talk about what it was like to find out I had cancer, about the surgeries and what life was life the first few days after finding out I was in an ostomy for life.