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The Independent UK
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Peony Hirwani

Tracey Emin shares graphic picture of her stoma on Instagram: ‘My body will never be the same’

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Tracey Emin has shared a graphic image of her stoma to raise awareness of living with a disability, after undergoing surgery for cancer.

Patients who no longer have the full use of their bladder are fitted with a stoma, which is an opening on the abdomen connected to the urinary system, to allow waste to be diverted out of the body and emptied by hand.

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