The people who brought you Katie Hopkins show My Fat Story have outdone themselves with their latest show “Too Ugly For Love?” a show about… well let me directly quote the TV channel for you. “For most people looking for love can be daunting. But for singles with a secret physical affliction the search to […]
Do you live near Cardiff and have an ostomy? Pelican Healthcare are holding their Live Your Life Roadshow on Saturday 24th January at Miskin Manor and I will be there, giving a talk about body image, self esteem and my time with an ostomy. The Pelican team will also be there, along with surgeons, doctors, nurses, Bowel […]
What an amazing year 2014 was for raising awareness of Inflammatory Bowel Disease!! When I was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis in 2004, I had never heard of the disease and through the years, so many people I spoke to were completely oblivious to it too. In 2013, I had a subtotal colectomy and ileostomy formed. […]
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 140,000 times in 2014. If it were an exhibit at the Louvre Museum, it would take about 6 days for that many people to see […]
I have an almost 12 year old daughter, she is reaching the age where the usual puberty changes are happening, there are boobs and hormonal mood swings and there is the hair… Sprouting from armpits, legs and you know, everywhere. And so it got me thinking about the relationship between young women and their body […]
What a year! I started 2014 in Sydney with my sister and our families, we travelled up the coast and had an epic road trip. It has also brought me a hernia, a house move, surgery to create my jpouch, a couple of weeks in hospital, a new life learning to live without my colon […]
Dear Ulcerative Colitis, Well, what a journey we have been on! Eleven years ago, you crept into my life with bleeding, diarrhoea and pain. You were not a very welcome guest and so I ignored you. You sat there in my guts getting angrier and angrier, your furious rage spurred you to make me so […]
Oh, apologies, I came over all Geldoff then!! For the past 18 months I have been raising awareness, spreading positivity and sharing my journey with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. I do this through this blog, Facebook, youtube and twitter because it means so much to me to be able to share my story and let other people […]
I bloody love Sheffield and so thought I’d share with you the 10 best things about the mighty Sheffield… (In my humble opinion) 1. We breed the very best folk Jarvis Cocker, Arctic Monkeys, Jessica Ennis to name but a few. Sheffield is home to a huge amount of amazing people, the great Sean Bean, […]
This week is Crohns and Colitis Awareness Week and today is #PurpleFriday – so don your favourite PURPLE gear and get your selfie on with #purplefriday to help raise awareness of Crohns and Colitis. Join the event on Facebook or head over to twitter and search #PurpleFriday Want to make a difference? Donate here…. Love […]