Im fuming. So super angry. You remember the problems I had with one nurse in particular whilst in hospital? You can read about it here and here. Well the ward manager just called me to let me know he had spoken to the staff concerned and that he hoped I would feel the matter was resolved. […]
A day of firsts and not all good ones Im afraid. The day started at 4am when I woke to find my bag had somewhat exploded… Im thinking making it three weeks before having a full blown blast out is good though, yes? Poor old Timm was woken up and helped sort me out and […]
I found this artwork called ‘The Lovers’ – its the first stoma art I have seen and I love it! I can’t find who it is by though, so if this is yours then please let me know and Ill add a credit. Love Sam x
I am getting a lot of emails from people who read this blog who are going through tough times, whether it be through illness, relationships or just life in general. Firstly thank you to everyone who emails or messages me, the reason I started this blog is that I wanted to help people. I wanted […]
The reason I do this blog… Love Sam xx
As promised my tribute to Mr Matthew J Helders III…
I have been having some soreness to my skin underneath where my bag fits. I spoke to the stoma nurse who said that it was common as when you are removing the wafer and bag, you peel carefully from the top and then once you are past the hole, you tend to rip it off […]
Today has been a bit of a write off, after last nights abysmal sleep I spent the day feeling exhausted, emotional and just a bit crap. There is no rhyme or reason to my emotions at the minute, sometimes Im feeling fantastic, really positive and raring to go, at other times I am feeling low, […]
Awwwwwww man!!! This post comes to you at 4.30am and it serves me right for blogging yesterday that I thought my insomnia days were over!! Went to bed quite early at 11pm and managed to get off to sleep. Woke at 2am – emptied bag. Slept for an hour. Been up since 3am. Feel exhausted […]