Tramlines is a Sheffield festival that is an amazing party in July each year. This year felt like the best one yet! I got through on a bucket load of pain meds, my The Alinker UK, my Neo-Walk cane, very good friends and the brilliant access team. Festivals can feel like an unattainable mountain when […]
After 18 months of avoiding the dreaded Covid, I got a positive LFT test in December, followed by the PCR confirming it. No-one else in the house was testing positive so I was lucky enough to have a spare room in the house to move into, as my daughter is away at uni, there is […]
Hi guys, Firstly, an apology. It has been three months since I last blogged and I am sorry for not being about. I think I have just had so much going on in my head and life and I haven’t had the strength to talk about it too much. I always want to blog and […]
“My head is full and my heart is heavy”. This was the only way I could describe how I am feeling to my husband this morning. Full, heavy, weighed down, overwhelmed. I know that so many people are going through tough times right now, the air feels full of worry and stress, like when you […]
I am in the middle of having therapy, it is trauma focussed CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) along side talking therapy. This is to help me with the feelings I have had around years of illness, surgeries and ongoing illness. Though I was nervous going into it, it has been hugely helpful to me. I wanted […]
I am doing an event on Facebook premiere with Clinimed about helpful hints and advice for looking after your stoma. I am joined by a ostomy product specialist and a stoma care nurse to answer all your questions about life with a stoma. Join us on Thursday 15th July at 10.30am on Facebook. Sam xx
I wanted to talk a bit about The Gap. The Gap between what I want to do and what I am able to do and how I am learning about it all the time. When you have a chronic illness, there is this gap, a space between what you are physically able to do and […]
It is World IBD Day today and to celebrate this day, I thought I would write a little about the journey I am on and have been on for so long. After multiple surgeries and when my body is scarred, in pain and struggling, it is easy to feel broken. But I am not broken. […]
I was absolutely honoured and over the moon to win the Sarah Nulty Award for Creativity in the Sheffield Star Women of Sheffield Awards!!! Thank you so much to everyone who nominated me, it is truly an honour! Peace and love Sam xx
Hey badasses, I am sorry for being absent for so long. It has been a bit of a rough ride and I just haven’t had the emotional energy to blog for a while. I think it is really important to put your own well being first, and often as a blogger, you feel the pressure […]