New Beginnings Living with an Ostomy

11/03/2026

There’s no single way to adjust to life with an ostomy. Beyond the Bag’s guides cover first steps, everyday routines, and mental health—so you can start with the topic that feels most useful to you today.

Explore the guides and resources:

Trusted ostomy care guides, daily routines, and support resources for ostomy survivors and caregivers. Free ostomy education from Beyond the Bag.

10/28/2026

A new ostomy diagnosis can make everything feel unfamiliar. You do not have to figure it all out at once.

New to Ostomy: Your First Steps Guide offers a gentle place to begin—with practical encouragement, questions to bring to your care team, and reminders that you are not alone.

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10/27/2026

Appointments can feel like a lot to hold in your head. Before your next visit, try writing down the questions you want answered and the support you need. You deserve to feel heard and to get information that fits your own care.

Beyond the Bag shares encouragement, education, and resources for people living with an ostomy and the people who care about them.

Explore our resources: https://livingbeyondthebag.org/resources

What would you add to your question list?

Trusted ostomy care guides, daily routines, and support resources for ostomy survivors and caregivers. Free ostomy education from Beyond the Bag.

10/22/2026

An ostomy diagnosis can bring a lot of questions—and no one should have to figure everything out alone.

Whether you’re adjusting to life with an ostomy, supporting someone you love, or looking for a place to begin, Beyond the Bag is here with education, encouragement, and hope.

Explore our resources: https://livingbeyondthebag.org/resources

What’s one thing you wish someone had told you at the beginning?

Trusted ostomy care guides, daily routines, and support resources for ostomy survivors and caregivers. Free ostomy education from Beyond the Bag.

10/19/2026

Beyond the Bag is planning our 2nd Annual Colorectal Cancer Awareness Walk for Saturday, March 27, 2027. Cooper River Park in Camden County is proposed, pending approval from Camden County Parks.

We’re inviting local businesses, vendors, community organizations, and volunteers to start a conversation about supporting the walk. Sponsorship and event details are still being developed and will be shared when confirmed.

Interested in partnering? Learn more: https://livingbeyondthebag.org/sponsorships

Let’s build a day of awareness, support, and hope together.

10/18/2026

A colorectal cancer or ostomy diagnosis can change so much at once. Beyond the Bag is here to make education, support, and hope easier to find for survivors, families, and caregivers.

If this mission matters to you, a gift of any size helps us keep this work moving.

Support Beyond the Bag: https://livingbeyondthebag.org/donate

10/12/2026

A new ostomy diagnosis can bring questions you never expected to face. Beyond the Bag is here to share education, support, and hope for people living with ostomies and the people who care about them.

If you or someone you love is looking for a place to begin, explore our guides and resources:

Nonprofit empowering ostomy survivors with education, support, and hope. Books, e-books, consultations, and speaking engagements. Serving NJ/PA and globally.

10/07/2026

I didn't write this book to be an author. I wrote it because I needed to tell the truth.

The truth about what it felt like to hear the word cancer. The truth about waking up from surgery with an ostomy and not knowing who I was anymore. The truth about finding my way back — not to who I was, but to someone even stronger.

If you're living with an ostomy, if you just got a diagnosis that turned your world upside down, or if you love someone who has — this book is for you.

It's not a medical guide. It's my story. And somewhere in my story, I hope you find a piece of yours.

I Lived in the What If, I'm Living in My Now — just $14. 🧡
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10/05/2026

Save the date! Beyond the Bag is planning our Colorectal Cancer Awareness Walk for Saturday, March 27, 2027 at Cooper River Park, and we need your support to bring it to life.

Every dollar helps us educate, advocate, and support people impacted by colorectal cancer and ostomy conditions. As we work toward confirming details with Camden County Parks, your donation shares hope with survivors and their families.

Join us in making this walk happen — donate today. 🧡
Donate: https://livingbeyondthebag.org/donate

09/05/2026

Two more guests reserved their seats this week for Beyond the Bag’s Book Relaunch & Signing Luncheon on Saturday, September 19 in Lumberton, NJ. Join us for encouragement, faith, healing, and community—and receive a copy of I Lived in the What If, I’m Living in My Now with your ticket. Reserve your seat today.