A mother's tale about her brave daughter, Bella, and her unwavering warrior spirit through 17 surgeries, a bone marrow transplant, and over 600 days in the hospital. 

From graduating with a Master's degree, to her first post-surgery pull-up, Molly explores the good, the bad, and the ugly when trying to overcome setbacks with her ostomy. 

Generally, I never considered that I had to stop doing the things I did before my ostomy, so when I recovered from surgery I simply carried on. Oh sure, of course I worried about how to keep my ostomy snug and secure during activities. I was also nervous about causing a hernia, but I was way more nervous about having an accidental leak or blow out. This is the point when I discovered Stealth Belt. With proper support, I knew I could do just about anything.

A low residue diet is typically prescribed following bowel surgery as a means to “rest” the bowel and allow for recovery. Low residue foods are foods that contain next-to- no fiber, as the fiber can obstruct and/or irritate the intestinal tract. However, this diet is also lacking in nutrition, which is why it is meant to be only temporary. So, how do you transition off of the low residue diet safely?

2012, once I was home and well on my way to recovering from bowel surgery, I was struck by one
overwhelming question—what absorbs where? You see, after several years competing in endurance
sports, I knew that the primary role of my colon was the absorption of water and with that came key
minerals, particularly electrolytes. So, I obsessed. If I am missing my colon, will I always be deficient in electrolytes? And, if that was true, then what else should I be concerned about? 

Following bowel surgery, particularly in the case of an ostomy, your surgeon will prescribe a Low Residue Diet for six to twelve weeks (maybe longer depending on your unique situation). A Low Residue Diet is essential in order to “rest” the bowel and allow for unencumbered recovery of the GI tract. 

Hello! My name is Trish. In 2012, I was diagnosed with stage-4 colon cancer. I was 46 years old at the time and (I thought) in perfect health. That is, until I wasn’t. 

The Christmas tree has been taken down, the New Year’s Eve confetti has been vacuumed up, and that can only mean one thing: it’s time to tackle those New Year’s Resolutions.

Here is what I’ve learned:

This journey has taught me ALOT about myself. That I am passionate about bringing awareness, educating, sharing my journey and helping others in the process.

"When I found out that I was getting an ostomy, I got kind of scared. What if this surgery wouldn’t let me work out any more?"

Molly Olly Ostomy is back to discuss the details of her gradual approach back to physical activity, the challenges she's faced so far, and how she is working smarter instead of harder to achieve her goals.

 My aim now is to answer why it is important to have good posture with an ostomy by looking the general benefits of standing tall, dissecting the particular causes and effects of bad posture among ostomates, and then offer some tips on how to improve posture and functional movement patterns.  

"As soon as I found out I was going to be living with an ostomy, I did what any control freak receiving life-changing news would do: started spending hours and hours researching."

Learn about how surgery affects hydration, why hydration is so important, how to effectively hydrate throughout the day, and which hydration supplements work best in order for me to run 100 miles per week with an ostomy

Loving life in his Stealth Belt.  The hybrid style is put to the test with Trey and the football team.

Richard

Collin Jarvis

Aug 4th, 2016 

My good friend and former training partner, Michael Coe, pitched the idea to go visit our mutual friend in Iceland. How do you say no?

Jessica is an avid rock climber.

Rebecca was an extremely healthy and active girl all her life. She competed as an Elite gymnast, was a professional cheerleader, and even went on to run Division 1 Track & Field in college.