{"id":5413,"date":"2025-09-24T15:53:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T15:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eakinostomy.com\/GB\/?p=5413"},"modified":"2025-09-24T15:53:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T15:53:35","slug":"a-new-chapter-after-chemotherapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eakinostomy.com\/GB\/blog\/a-new-chapter-after-chemotherapy\/","title":{"rendered":"A new chapter after chemotherapy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A new chapter after chemotherapy<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n
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I have never seen my stoma as a negative, though I know for others the journey towards acceptance can be much more difficult. For me, from day 1 it got rid of my cancer. Because of my stoma I am here and I am so grateful for that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cancer is really awful and even now I\u2019m not positive every day, but it has made me view life in a different way. Life is precious and it has changed my outlook, I no longer do the things I don\u2019t want to, I do the things that make me happy and I appreciate all the little things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wish I could tell myself a year ago how life would be now. How adjusted I am to everything and how positive life is. Even to be writing this piece to hopefully inspire and help others going through similar. I\u2019d have told myself \u201cNo way!\u201d but here I am, and I am focused on raising awareness. I just want to share what I have learnt along the way and my life with a stoma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hope you reading this can look at me and realise it will be ok, it takes adjustment, and your body will change but you will get there. It\u2019s a new way of life but it doesn\u2019t stop you from doing anything you want to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I always say, it would be boring if we were all the same. We all have quirks and one of mine is my stoma. It\u2019s just a part of me now.<\/p>\n\n\n

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