No, I’m not talking about that terrible shot of you from an awful angle on your work night out, or that one where you think you look amazing and then when you look back you have a bogey… After 12 years of IBD, more colonoscopies than I can count, several shitting accidents in public and […]
These women who get pissed off about men wolf whistling need to wind their necks in, right? I mean, it’s just boys being boys! Women should appreciate that men find them attractive! They should know it’s all a bit of fun, no harm done. Guys, when you and your drunk buddies whistle, jeer and shout […]
“I don’t know how to deal with sadness” These are the words I said to a friend last week and more and more, I feel this is true. My usual outlook is one of happiness, positivity and general silliness and so when I feel sad, I find it very difficult to know how to cope. […]
Just thought I’d do a quick update as I’m getting so many lovely messages asking how I’m doing. I saw my consultant Mr Brown today, he did pouchoscopy and is happy that my pouch looks healthy! So the meds last week must have done the job. With regards to the prolapse, he had a look […]
Type. Delete. Type. Delete. Draft. Scrap. Write. Burn laptop and bury remains in the woods. I’m struggling at the minute with something that even I, Poo Lady Sam, am finding it hard to talk about. I’ve shared with you all every high and low of my illness journey in the past two years, from shitting […]
Sorry I’m not about much right now, I’m getting over another bout of pouchitis and its knocked me quite a lot. Pouchitis is when an internal pouch becomes inflamed. It is a common complication in people with an ileo-anal pouch or continent ileostomy. Symptoms of pouchitis include: diarrhoea, which is often bloody abdominal pains stomach […]
Today is World Ostomy Day! This is like my poo lady Christmas! When I had my surgery, I never thought I would be celebrating my Ostomy but as I have learnt to accept my illness, I can recognise that my Ostomy was the start of a new life for me. It is a different life […]
Each week I celebrate wonderful women that have rocked my week. I’m going for groups and collaborations this week as I really think that together, women make an unstoppable force! This week is all about these bad ass ladies… Girl Gang Sheffield Girl Gang is a Sheffield based, female centric events company run by […]
I’m not feeling very well this week, I’m on day two of sofa dwelling with a hot water bottle and painkillers. I’m waiting to see what the hospital think but I’m dropping weight quite quickly without trying, I have stomach pains and feeling exhausted and sorry for myself. ANYWAY, I have very little headspace and […]
Though I have talked a lot about my different surgeries, I know it can be a bit confusing and difficult to understand and so I thought I would dedicate this post to explaining exactly what a jpouch is. A j-pouch has a few different names which can cause a little confusion, it is also referred […]