Beyond the Pouch

By Respond & Eakin Healthcare

Beyond the Pouch is a podcast series brought to you by Respond and Eakin Healthcare, where your hosts, Ant and Rachel, dive into the world of ostomy through open and honest conversations, including

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FAQs about Beyond the Pouch:

How many episodes does Beyond the Pouch have?

The podcast currently has 28 episodes available.

Beyond the Pouch episodes:

February 21, 2024 E8: Jeremy Eakin on the Story of Eakin and the First Cohesive® Seal
In this episode, Jeremy Eakin, former CEO of Eakin Healthcare, shares the story of Eakin and how it started as a family-owned business. Alongside this, he also talks about the development of the first Cohesive® seal.

Content disclaimer

The views, opinions and experiences expressed in this podcast are the speaker’s own and should not be taken as clinical advice. Please contact your local stoma care nurse for advice and support.

📽️ Click here to watch the full episode on YouTube 📽️

🎙️ Follow Rachel & Louise:
Rachel: @gutsy.mum
Louise: @crohnsfighting

💜 Pelican Healthcare:
Website: https://www.pelicanhealthcare.co.uk/
Instagram: @pelicanhealthcare
Facebook: PelicanHealthcareLtd
Twitter: @PelicanHealth

💚 Respond Healthcare:
Website: https://www.respond.co.uk/
Instagram: @respondltd
Facebook: respondltd
Twitter: @respondltd

🤍 Eakin Healthcare:
Website: https://www.eakin.eu/
Instagram: @eakin_ostomy
Facebook: TGEakin
Twitter: @TGEakin

Recording and editing by Hoot Studios | @hootstudiosuk
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43min
January 25, 2024 E7: Summer on Barbie Butt Surgery, Relationships & Body Confidence with a Stoma
In this episode, Summer shares her experience of being diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, undergoing stoma surgery, and Barbie butt surgery, all within a span of three years. She also talks about coping with relationships and body confidence with a stoma.

Content disclaimer

The views, opinions and experiences expressed in this podcast are the speaker’s own and should not be taken as clinical advice. Please contact your local stoma care nurse for advice and support.

📽️ Click here to watch the full episode on YouTube 📽️

🎙️ Follow Rachel & Louise:
Rachel: @gutsy.mum
Louise: @crohnsfighting

Follow Summer: @summers_stoma

💜 Pelican Healthcare:
Website: https://www.pelicanhealthcare.co.uk/
Instagram: @pelicanhealthcare
Facebook: PelicanHealthcareLtd
Twitter: @PelicanHealth

💚 Respond Healthcare:
Website: https://www.respond.co.uk/
Instagram: @respondltd
Facebook: respondltd
Twitter: @respondltd

🤍 Eakin Healthcare:
Website: https://www.eakin.eu/
Instagram: @eakin_ostomy
Facebook: TGEakin
Twitter: @TGEakin

Recording and editing by Hoot Studios | @hootstudiosuk
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48min
December 20, 2023 E6: Keith Shares How He Maintains a Positive Attitude With a Stoma, Raising Awareness & His Diabetes Diagnosis
In this episode, Keith shares how he maintains a positive attitude while living with ulcerative colitis and a stoma, his keenness for raising awareness and his experience being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.

Content disclaimer

The views, opinions and experiences expressed in this podcast are the speaker’s own and should not be taken as clinical advice. Please contact your local stoma care nurse for advice and support.

📽️ Click here to watch the full episode on YouTube 📽️

🎙️ Follow Rachel & Louise:
Rachel: @gutsy.mum
Louise: @crohnsfighting

Follow Keith: @keiththom2014

💜 Pelican Healthcare:
Website: https://www.pelicanhealthcare.co.uk/
Instagram: @pelicanhealthcare
Facebook: PelicanHealthcareLtd
Twitter: @PelicanHealth

💚 Respond Healthcare:
Website: https://www.respond.co.uk/
Instagram: @respondltd
Facebook: respondltd
Twitter: @respondltd

🤍 Eakin Healthcare:
Website: https://www.eakin.eu/
Instagram: @eakin_ostomy
Facebook: TGEakin
Twitter: @TGEakin

Recording and editing by Hoot Studios | @hootstudiosuk
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52min
November 08, 2023 E5: Natalie Discusses Pregnancy, Contraceptives & Periods with Crohn's Disease
In this episode of Beyond the Pouch, Natalie opens up about her experience with undiagnosed Crohn's during pregnancy, the challenges she faced with contraceptives while having a stoma, experiencing a Crohn's flare in the vagina, dealing with heavy periods and much more.

Content disclaimer

The views, opinions and experiences expressed in this podcast are the speaker’s own and should not be taken as clinical advice. Please contact your local stoma care nurse for advice and support.

📽️ Click here to watch the full episode on YouTube 📽️

🎙️ Follow Rachel & Louise:
Rachel: @gutsy.mum
Louise: @crohnsfighting

Follow Natalie: @thespooniemummy

💜 Pelican Healthcare:
Website: https://www.pelicanhealthcare.co.uk/
Instagram: @pelicanhealthcare
Facebook: PelicanHealthcareLtd
Twitter: @PelicanHealth

💚 Respond Healthcare:
Website: https://www.respond.co.uk/
Instagram: @respondltd
Facebook: respondltd
Twitter: @respondltd

🤍 Eakin Healthcare:
Website: https://www.eakin.eu/
Instagram: @eakin_ostomy
Facebook: TGEakin
Twitter: @TGEakin

Recording and editing by Hoot Studios | @hootstudiosuk
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56min
October 03, 2023 E4: Ant's Ulcerative Colitis Story & Greatest Moments with a Stoma
In this episode of Beyond the Pouch, Ant opens up about being diagnosed with ulcerative colitis during university, how he manages a prolapsed stoma and adapting to stoma life while maintaining a positive energy throughout.

Ant also touches on how he doesn't let his stoma hold him back — from becoming a ambassador for the ostomy community, to running his first London marathon with a stoma.

Content disclaimer

The views, opinions and experiences expressed in this podcast are the speaker’s own and should not be taken as clinical advice. Please contact your local stoma care nurse for advice and support.

📽️ Click here to watch the full episode on YouTube 📽️

🎙️ Follow Rachel & Louise:
Rachel: @gutsy.mum
Louise: @crohnsfighting

Follow Ant: @ibdlife

💜 Pelican Healthcare:
Website: https://www.pelicanhealthcare.co.uk/
Instagram: @pelicanhealthcare
Facebook: PelicanHealthcareLtd
Twitter: @PelicanHealth

💚 Respond Healthcare:
Website: https://www.respond.co.uk/
Instagram: @respondltd
Facebook: respondltd
Twitter: @respondltd

🤍 Eakin Healthcare:
Website: https://www.eakin.eu/
Instagram: @eakin_ostomy
Facebook: TGEakin
Twitter: @TGEakin

Recording and editing by Hoot Studios | @hootstudiosuk
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53min
September 05, 2023 E3: Mohammad's Battle with Colon Cancer & Raising Awareness for Ethnic Minority Groups
In this episode of Beyond the Pouch, Mohammad opens up about his battle with colon cancer, along with having emergency stoma surgery after the tumour in his abdomen grew to the size of a watermelon.

Mohammad also shares his passion for being an advocate for the cancer and stoma community, as well as raising awareness for ethnic minority groups in the stoma and medical field.

Content disclaimer

The views, opinions and experiences expressed in this podcast are the speaker’s own and should not be taken as clinical advice. Please contact your local stoma care nurse for advice and support.

📽️ Click here to watch the full episode on YouTube 📽️

🎙️ Follow Rachel & Louise:
Rachel: @gutsy.mum
Louise: @crohnsfighting

Follow Mohammad: @colon_cancer_and_me

💜 Pelican Healthcare:
Website: https://www.pelicanhealthcare.co.uk/
Instagram: @pelicanhealthcare
Facebook: PelicanHealthcareLtd
Twitter: @PelicanHealth

💚 Respond Healthcare:
Website: https://www.respond.co.uk/
Instagram: @respondltd
Facebook: respondltd
Twitter: @respondltd

🤍 Eakin Healthcare:
Website: https://www.eakin.eu/
Instagram: @eakin_ostomy
Facebook: TGEakin
Twitter: @TGEakin

Recording and editing by Hoot Studios | @hootstudiosuk
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44min
August 08, 2023 E2: Phillipa Opens Up About Almost Losing Her Life, Travelling With A Stoma & Changing Her Bag At 38,000 Feet
In this episode of Beyond the Pouch, Phillipa opens up about almost losing her life due to multiple organ failure whilst she was in a coma, as well as having sepsis, C.difficile and a perforation of her bowel. A month before this, Phillipa had a stoma formed after being diagnosed with both Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis, but unfortunately due to the perforation of her bowel, she had to spend two and a half months in hospital – learning to walk and sit up again.

Coming out the other end, Phillipa has spent a lot of time travelling and embracing her body with a stoma. In this episode, she also talks about her experience flying with a stoma, doing a bag change at 38,000 feet in the air, and how she feels confident in her body on holidays.

Content disclaimer

The views, opinions and experiences expressed in this podcast are the speaker’s own and should not be taken as clinical advice. Please contact your local stoma care nurse for advice and support.

📽️ Click here to watch the full episode on YouTube 📽️

🎙️ Follow Rachel & Louise:
Rachel: @gutsy.mum
Louise: @crohnsfighting

Follow Phillipa: @phillipakayx

💜 Pelican Healthcare:
Website: https://www.pelicanhealthcare.co.uk/
Instagram: @pelicanhealthcare
Facebook: PelicanHealthcareLtd
Twitter: @PelicanHealth

💚 Respond Healthcare:
Website: https://www.respond.co.uk/
Instagram: @respondltd
Facebook: respondltd
Twitter: @respondltd

🤍 Eakin Healthcare:
Website: https://www.eakin.eu/
Instagram: @eakin_ostomy
Facebook: TGEakin
Twitter: @TGEakin

Recording and editing by Hoot Studios | @hootstudiosuk
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46min
July 03, 2023 E1: Navigating the Stoma World
In this episode, Rachel and Louise open up about their stoma stories, including navigating the ups and downs of life with an ostomy. Rachel discusses both her and her son living life with a stoma as a result of Hirschsprung's Disease, while Louise opens up about her Crohn's journey, along with waking up to her first stoma as a result of a C-section.

Content disclaimer

The views, opinions and experiences expressed in this podcast are the speaker’s own and should not be taken as clinical advice. Please contact your local stoma care nurse for advice and support.

📽️ Click here to watch the full episode on YouTube 📽️

🎙️ Follow Rachel & Louise:
Rachel: @gutsy.mum
Louise: @crohnsfighting

💜 Pelican Healthcare:
Website: https://www.pelicanhealthcare.co.uk/
Instagram: @pelicanhealthcare
Facebook: PelicanHealthcareLtd
Twitter: @PelicanHealth

💚 Respond Healthcare:
Website: https://www.respond.co.uk/
Instagram: @respondltd
Facebook: respondltd
Twitter: @respondltd

🤍 Eakin Healthcare:
Website: https://www.eakin.eu/
Instagram: @eakin_ostomy
Facebook: TGEakin
Twitter: @TGEakin

Recording and editing by Hoot Studios | @hootstudiosuk

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48min

FAQs about Beyond the Pouch:

How many episodes does Beyond the Pouch have?

The podcast currently has 28 episodes available.