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.

Episodes

Stoma4Life

Raphaela Ilgenfritz

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Retired U.S. Navy veteran, Dan Dry Dock Shockley shares his incredible journey and purpose to now educate the medical students and professionals about AFAP

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Raphaela Ilgenfritz

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Host of The ‘D’ Word, Pete Hill shares his bowel cancer journey and 3 lightbulb moments that changed him forever. We discuss LARS and a successful reversal surgery

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Raphaela Ilgenfritz

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Model Jearlean Taylor’s mantra ‘Different to make a Difference’, has carried her through life as a double ostomate, motivating others to live their best life

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Raphaela Ilgenfritz

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On this first episode of Stoma4Life, Raphaela shares her personal journey of Stage 3 Bowel Cancer and reveals the phrase she has learned to never, ever say

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