From super healthy, to waking up with intense pain from a kidney stone, to finding cancer within such a short period of time at the beginning of 2020.
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Tom’s life changed dramatically with 1 visit to the ER.

My mission is to bring awareness to an Ostomy as well as normalizing it! Even with a bag, we can still wear bathing suits and feel confident in what we put on.
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We don’t have to hide our bodies.
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Instead, I want you to embrace your body.

Guess what today is?????

It's "Ivan's 4th Birthday!!!!!

Four years ago today my amazing Drs, Dr Leslie Demars and Dr Joga Ivatury removed a huge tumor out of my pelvis and I woke up ALIVE and in a colostomy which I named (Ivan) after Dr Ivatury, for life.

Well I did a thing! I know, I know I am always doing a thing lol. I have been posting about Ivan a lot more and the United Ostomy Associations of America asked if they could feature me and Ivan on their website to help grow ostomy awareness! I feel so honored and blessed to help as many people as I can.  Read the Article Here.

If we haven’t met let me introduce myself. My name is LeeAnne Hayden.
I am 49 years old.
I am a wife, mother and Gigi to the most amazing beings on this earth.
I am surrounded by the best friends on the planet.
I was diagnosed with a sarcoma tumor that grew from the size of a racket ball into a nerf football in less than 4 months in the fall of 2015. My amazing doctors removed it after 2 surgeries and 9 hours in the second one. It left me in a colostomy bag for life.