It’s like my Christmas today, a day devoted to talking about IBD! For more information,head over to Crohns and Colitis UK. On World IBD day, here’s my IBD story… In 2003, I began to bleed heavily from my butt, I was having stomach cramps, diarrhoea and oh so much blood! I went to see my […]
I had my 6 week post op check up today with Mr Brown, Timm took the morning off work to come with me as I had a sneaking suspicion that it wasn’t going to be good news. My stoma and stomach is still very swollen and with exertion it really pops out and my stoma […]
Last year I got quite an odd phone call. Even for me this was a weird one! It was a reporter I’ve worled with a few times for BBC Radio Sheffield asking if I’d be interested in coming on her new podcast to talk about body positivity. Of course I would!!! That’s right up my street! […]
I’m ever so grey. I’ve dyed my hair pretty much every colour under the sun in my time but I’m tiring of it. It’s such a ball ache having to do my roots every 4-6 weeks and so over the past few weeks I’ve been thinking about stopping the dye. But how? Did I go […]
I have a confession to make. I’m thoroughly addicted to online shopping. I realised this when my middle child told me their aims in life were to have a job that earns lots of money so they can sit in bed and order lots of stuff off Amazon… eek!!! Don’t get me wrong, I’m not […]
One of the biggest sources of my guilt and having IBD is my kids, I feel so sad that they have a poorly mum who they see in bed so often. They’ve visited me in hospital more times than is right for a child and they cope with it phenomenally. Today I’m feeling pretty sad […]
This has been playing on my mind recently and I thought I’d get it down here to see what other people thought, how do you separate you as a patient from you as a person? When you have a chronic illness, you spend a lot of time as a ‘patient’, from the endless doctor, nurse […]
Hello you lovely lot! Firstly thank you for so many wonderful messages of love and support, it means so much! Secondly, I thought I’d take this time to explain a bit more about what’s gone on for the past week. So last year, the tell tale lump appeared on my stomach, it was over the […]
My next surgery will be next Monday, the 12th March and it’s for the hernia above my stoma from my old stoma site. Im feeling really nervous for this one, I know it’s not the biggest or longest op I’ve had by far! But I think because I had mentally prepared myself for no more […]
Last year my child told us they were pan-sexual. At the time, though it was a surprise, I felt no different, I was pleased they knew they could talk to me and I was happy to know they felt comfortable enough to be themselves in a difficult and sometimes prejudiced world, but honestly? My thought […]