For a whole year, I defined myself by cancer, hospitals and medical examinations. Suffering, fear and medication had so become my comfort zone that I was more worried about being healthy and starting my life over again than staying sick…

VALÉRIEMarie-NOel RouthierSeptember 30, 2020INSPIRE, PsychologyComment

Lesson I learned: seven years before my ostomy

Without knowing it, the birth of my first child, Emil, in 2010, had mentally prepared me for you, Rosie, my ostomy.

JOANNIE S.Marie-NOel RouthierSeptember 24, 2020INSPIRE, Living with the conditionComment

You, me & her

For a long time, I thought having sex and being an ostomate couldn’t be in the same sentence.

JOANNIE S.Marie-NOel RouthierMay 17, 2020INSPIRE, SexualityComment

First trimester of pregnancy with an ostomy

My body, the one my ileostomy gave me back and which I’m now giving up to motherhood.

CHARLIEMarie-NOel RouthierMay 13, 2020INSPIRE, ParentingComment