article_snippet.sent: Hattie Gladwell is just 19 but the teenager has already undergone a terrifying operation which left Hattie Gladwell with an ostomy bag, which Hattie Gladwell'll have to wear for the rest of her life.
article_snippet.sent: Now the pretty redhead from West Sussex has shared Hattie Gladwell story with the world in a bid to rid the stigma around those living with a stoma (a surgically created opening in the abdomen) and a bag.
article_snippet.sent: blog morethanyourbag.com, Hattie Gladwell opens up about life after undergoing emergency surgery for ulcerative colitis.
article_snippet.sent: Hattie Gladwell was fitted with an ostomy bag after under-going surgery for ulcerative colitis, now Hattie Gladwell shares Hattie Gladwell experience on Hattie Gladwell
article_snippet.sent: Hattie Gladwell was admitted to hospital on January 26th of this year although Hattie Gladwell had long suffered from problems with Hattie Gladwell health after an inflammatory bowel condition was misdiagnosed.
article_snippet.sent: Hattie Gladwell told MailOnline: 'I was sent into hospital with suspected appendicitis, but after two failed colonoscopies, my appendix out and excruciating pain, I finally had emergency surgery for my stoma. '
article_snippet.sent: ulcerative colitis is a long term condition where the colon and the rectum become inflamed and things became so bad for Hattie Gladwell, Hattie Gladwell had to have Hattie Gladwell colon removed and an ileostomy bag fitted into Hattie Gladwell small intestine.
article_snippet.sent: an ileostomy bag fitted into her small intestine would collect waste from Hattie Gladwell's body which had been diverted through Hattie Gladwell stoma.
article_snippet.sent: But before long brave Hattie Gladwell decided that long brave Hattie could not let the operation or long brave Hattie ruin long brave Hattie life.
article_snippet.sent: long brave Hattie said: 'A couple of weeks after surgery, I decided the worst thing I could do to long brave Hattie was hide such a traumatic experience. '
article_snippet.sent: her stoma is a part of long brave Hattie now her stoma is what saved her life
article_snippet.sent: Hattie Gladwell has a stoma (left) through which waste passes from Hattie Gladwell body into an ileostomy bag fitted into her small intestine (right)
article_snippet.sent: Hattie Gladwell Hattie Gladwell blog which Hattie Gladwell explains is, 'a blog for those getting used to life with a stoma.'
article_snippet.sent: Hattie Gladwell spent the first couple of weeks helping me with an ileostomy bag fitted into her small intestine before I became more independent again.
article_snippet.sent: On Hattie Gladwell Hattie Gladwell shares Hattie Gladwell experiences of getting back to normal life with a stoma.
article_snippet.sent: Hattie Gladwell plans to keep Hattie Gladwell blog going full time and says that Hattie Gladwell hopes to raise more awareness of people living with an ostomy bag .
article_snippet.sent: Hattie Gladwell shared another photo of Hattie Gladwell with Hattie Gladwell ostomy bag attached to Hattie Gladwell stomach .
article_snippet.sent: As for the future Hattie Gladwell plans to carry on Hattie Gladwell blog which is sponsored by SecuriCare Medical and clinimed.co.uk, in order to raise awareness and end the stignma around IBD and ostomy.
highlights_snippet.sent: Hattie Gladwell was fitted with an ileostomy bag in January this year .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Hattie Gladwell had undergone emergency surgery for ulcerative colitis .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: The 19-year-old  blogs about Hattie Gladwell life with Hattie Gladwell bag fitted to small intestine .
  