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Hi guys, it’s been a tough month here in So Bad Ass land, but I eventually feel a little more human and I thought I would try and do a blog about the last surgery and all the complications. It has been the toughest time ever and at times I didn’t think I would make […]
Well, it has been a while! I have had a break post surgery as things are not going too great for me and I just haven’t had the energy or headspace to write about it here. You may have caught up with me over facebook, instagram or twitter in the past couple of months. But […]
I have had 8 surgeries related to IBD over the past six years and something that no one told me about was hair loss. Hair loss after surgery is known as Telogen Effluvium and today’s post is all about the T.E. I wrote a little about this in 2016, you can see that post here. […]
This morning, I headed back to hospital for my 6 week post surgery check up. I had two hernias fixed in my last surgery, a parastomal hernia resolved, my stoma resited and abdominal reconstruction. It was a big operation and was my 8th surgery since 2013. 6 week post surgery check up I’d been warned […]
On 30th April, I went into hospital for my eighth surgery related to IBD. It was a big operation to repair a parastomal hernia and an incisional hernia. Also to resite my stoma and to deal with all the adhesions in my abdomen. I was terrified about it, believe me, it doesn’t get any easier […]
So I have a date for the next, sorry I mean LAST surgery! 30th April I will be heading in for what I hope and pray will be the last operation I have. Ive been referred onto a doctor who specialises in complex abdominal cases and he is going to repair the two hernias and […]
If you follow me on social media, you’ll know that I had my big op a couple of weeks ago, it’s been a really tough time so I’m only now just well enough to blog about it. So a bit of background, I had developed a hernia in the incision of my old stoma site […]
Hello you lovely lot! Firstly thank you for so many wonderful messages of love and support, it means so much! Secondly, I thought I’d take this time to explain a bit more about what’s gone on for the past week. So last year, the tell tale lump appeared on my stomach, it was over the […]
My next surgery will be next Monday, the 12th March and it’s for the hernia above my stoma from my old stoma site. Im feeling really nervous for this one, I know it’s not the biggest or longest op I’ve had by far! But I think because I had mentally prepared myself for no more […]
Over on my Facebook page, Natalie got in touch saying she will be going in to hospital for ostomy surgery soon and it got me thinking about what you need to pack when going in to hospital. I mean, we all know about the usual toiletries etc but I decided to ask my lovely readers […]