Stoma4Life

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Stoma4Life, the Bowel Cancer Awareness and Life as a Ostomate, radio show is hosted by Raphaela. She was lucky to indulge her love of travel, with thirty years working as an airline purser for one of the biggest airlines. This allowed her to visit and explore many exotic and fascinating places around the world. She had just taken early retirement to concentrate on her original career as a graphic designer and illustrator, when her personal Tsunami hit. After being misdiagnosed and not accepting the obvio

Stoma4Life, the Bowel Cancer Awareness and Life as a Ostomate, radio show and podcast is hosted by Raphaela.
Your host Raphaela, invites YOU to join her and benefit from the up-to-date knowledge of the experts she interviews. Surgeons, nurses, specialists in stoma & cancer care, IBS or Crohn’s disease sufferers, people just like her, living with a stoma. She is here to debunk myths, clear up misconceptions and help you approach the subject that so many people are afraid to talk about, in a positive manner. Listen in for a new perspective.

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Stoma4Life

Raphaela Reeb

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Anna Bergin brings 23 years of stoma care experience across the UK, Ireland and Australia to close our Bowel Cancer Awareness series, sponsored by Dansac.

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Raphaela Reeb

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This Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, Dansac partners with Stoma4Life to share Jillian Matthew’s bowel cancer journey, recovery, stoma life and Colostomy UK work, stressing early action and listening to your body.

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Raphaela Reeb

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This Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, Raphaela has partnered with Dansac to share powerful survivor stories that raise awareness and highlight that early detection saves lives - beginning with Adam Cook.

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Raphaela Reeb

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Leading up to Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, Raphaela busts myths, shares her personal journey and highlights early signs of bowel cancer in this solo episode of Stoma4Life. Awareness, hope and life beyond diagnosis.

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Danielle Sax explores the gut-mind connection, chronic stress and nervous system healing - and how true self-care builds resilience and lasting wellbeing.

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In Part Two, Jeremy Elster shares facing 15 metastatic tumours, chemo, 30 radiation sessions and TPE surgery that removed his pelvic organs, leaving an ileostomy and urostomy.

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