I feel very privileged to have been nominated for an award at the National Diversity Awards for Role Model for disability. I am totally overwhelmed and honoured that people have taken the time to vote for me. Though I do this blog and raise awareness because I want to make a difference and help others, […]
I’m thrilled to let you know that I will be at the Pelican Healthcare Live Your Life roadshow this Saturday in Birmingham. From 10.00 until 3.00pm at Millichip Suite, West Bromwich Albion Football Club The Hawthorns, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B71 4LF I will be doing a talk in the morning and afternoon about self […]
Devoted to changing your idea of what makes a lady beautiful… As long as you are thin and white? So there’s this website called Suicide Girls, they’ve been going a few years but I rediscovered them on Instagram recently. Their tagline of being “devoted to changing your idea of what makes a lady beautiful” caught […]
Over in America there are these frankly bizarre things called Purity Balls, no, it’s not a cleanser for testicles but an event in which young girls pledge to their fathers that they won’t have sex before marriage. Within the conservative christian movement, these purity balls are spreading and now happen in 48 states across the […]
And so after weeks of annoyingly vague Facebook and twitter status’ of secretive meetings in London (sorry about that!!!), I can announce my big news! I have signed with wonderful agents Peters, Fraser and Dunlop and I am writing a book!!! Since I was a little girl, I have always dreamed of being a writer. […]
It’s ironic that today on World IBD day, I spent the morning at the GP surgery. For a week or so I’ve not felt quite right, increased toilet visits, urgency and a couple of accidents. I have also been struggling massively with joint pain. I had a Twitter chat with IA Support (isn’t social media […]
I’d like to ask all you readers who don’t have IBD a question. Before you read my blog, did you know anything about Crohns Disease and Ulcerative Colitis? And a second question, since you shared my links or spoke about this site, how many people you know have admitted they suffer with Inflamatory Bowel Disease? […]
As you may know, my son Thom and his friend Sonny decided to have their long beautiful locks chopped off to raise money for Crohns and Colitis UK, a charity that has supported me during my illness, surgeries and recovery. Well, the day arrived and thanks to the wonderful Savills Barbers in Sheffield, the boys […]
I can’t believe my jpouch is one year old today!!!! A year ago on 14th May 2014 I had just been through a really tough surgery. I had woken without my Ileostomy bag and was facing my first day for nine months without pooing through my stomach!! I was exhausted, terrified and in an awful […]
Today is our 11th wedding anniversary! We married in Las Vegas in 2004 and renewed our wedding vows last year and I couldn’t be happier. Life isn’t always plain sailing and we have had our moments of struggle, but we came through everything stronger than before and that Cleasby bloke and I, when we are […]