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 […]
So today I did something stupid. After work I decided to take the dogs out and go sledging! It’s not a good idea for me at the minute!! I am waiting for hernia surgery and my fatigue is out of hand. But as I sat looking out of the window at the snow, knowing my […]
This boy We never had wedding vows of in sickness and in health. Instead our Elvis minister asked us if we swore never to leave each others blue suede shoes out in the rain. But he’s aways there by my side. He puts my tablets in shot glasses with little stickers with times written on them. […]
I saw this quote today and it felt very apt. It’s been a rough old road at times but I finally feel like I’m conquering those demons and feeling pride in my scarred body. Chronic illness has taken it’s toll on me over the years, there are times when I just feel so defeated. […]
Today is #TimeeToTalk day, a day of awareness of mental health challenges. It’s a day that brings the nation together to get talking and break the silence around mental health problems. “Too often, people who experience a mental health problem are also expected to take the lead on talking about mental health in the wider […]
Don’t worry, I don’t have a mac and follow people around at night flashing my boobies. But I am a very proud flasher of my osteomy bag and here’s why… I have had many comments about the images I share of my ileostomy bag, most of them are positive but I get the occasional one […]