This week a friend told me that someone she knew had just had a colectomy and ileostomy. One of his ‘friends’ had this to say on the matter… “If I had to have one of those bags I would shoot myself.” Really? Wowzers. Im not going to explain all the reasons that this is totally […]
Information IBD is Inflammatory Bowel Disease and should not be confused with IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) which is a completely separate condition. The two main types of IBD are Ulcerative Colitis (UC) and Crohn’s Disease. Ulcerative Colitis (UC) and Crohn’s Disease are chronic (ongoing) conditions, which are not infectious The most common age for diagnosis […]
Can you believe it? It has been six months since I had my colon removed, on 3rd September 2013 I had a sub total colectomy. Six months of having my ileostomy bag, six months of no going to the toilet for a poo, six months of no farting!! Six months ago at this time, I […]
It’s all gone a bit dramatic here tonight, it started with a total bag blow out. One minute I was cooking dinner with Timm, the next I heard a popping noise and felt a huge whoosh as the contents of my bag spectacularly emptied out down my legs and into the kitchen floor. With an […]
but a bowel ain’t one…
At my surgical appointment this week it was suggested that I should lose some weight to increase my chances of my pouch surgery going well. Since the birth of my kids I gained a lot of weight and then have yo yo-ed since then. I’ll lose weight during flares then gain it back. Last year […]
Yes, just like spiderman anyone writing for the public really do have responsibilities to those around them. OK perhaps not EXACTLY like Spiderman but Im hoping you will catch my drift here… Bloggers are sharers, we like to write, we find it cathartic, entertaining and enjoyable. Some of us are guilty of over sharing and […]
Remember when I blogged about my lack of sleep? I’ve been waking once or twice a night for the last six months since my surgery to empty my bag. It was starting to really get to me and I was struggling to deal with getting up in the mornings. Well I have cracked it! It […]
Over the past couple of months I developed some swelling behind my stoma, I thought it was due to the heat, the humidity and the amount of activity I was doing whilst we were in Australia. But since we got back, the swelling didn’t really go down. It is worse in the evening and goes […]
So this morning I had an appointment with my lovely surgeon Mr Brown, it was an 8.30am appointment and so with it being half term we got the kids ready and set off at 7.30. We got to the hospital, parked and was in the clinic for 8.15. The receptionist said she couldn’t check me […]