The Founder
Are my best days
behind me?
In 2019, shortly after the birth of my first child, I was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis. The two years that followed were defined by biologics, weight loss, and a body that refused to cooperate with the life I was trying to live.
By 2021, my large intestine was gone. In December of 2021, I spent 13 days in the hospital and went home with an ostomy that would eventually become permanent. And like the majority of patients who go through it, I faced anxiety, depression, and a version of myself I didn't fully recognize.
The products that existed weren't built for people like me – active, young, refusing to slow down. So I built one. Armor Bands is the product I needed and couldn't find. It's for every person who's been handed a new reality and decided to run toward it anyway.
Diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis weeks after the birth of his first child.
Emergency surgery removed his entire large intestine. 13 days in the hospital.
Made his ostomy permanent. Faced the hard question every ostomate asks themselves.
Building the product he needed and couldn't find – for everyone who refuses to settle.
AC Stinson – Founder & CEO