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I had never thought about the privilege of having free point of care medical treatment until I starting blogging and readers from around the world shared their hospital bills with me explaining how much they pay for the surgeries and treatment I receive for free. I’d never considered my finances before heading to the doctors, […]
I can’t believe it has been five whole years since my little blog came to life and I am so proud of all I have been able to do in this time. I began the blog as a diary for myself, a cathartic space for me to blurt out all that was going on in […]
The past few weeks have been tough, recovering from an emergency surgery that knocked me off my feet. During this time, I have had so little control and I have been unable to do much for myself, which has been so difficult. But I am so lucky to have my Timm who has been there […]
People tell me I’m strong, I’m brave, I’m a fighter. But mainly I just feel afraid. Being chronically ill takes away all the control in your life, it strips away all the things that make you you and leaves this husk of a being. The last couple of weeks have been so draining, like the […]
It’s like my Christmas today, a day devoted to talking about IBD! For more information,head over to Crohns and Colitis UK. On World IBD day, here’s my IBD story… In 2003, I began to bleed heavily from my butt, I was having stomach cramps, diarrhoea and oh so much blood! I went to see my […]
I had my 6 week post op check up today with Mr Brown, Timm took the morning off work to come with me as I had a sneaking suspicion that it wasn’t going to be good news. My stoma and stomach is still very swollen and with exertion it really pops out and my stoma […]
So today I did something stupid. After work I decided to take the dogs out and go sledging! It’s not a good idea for me at the minute!! I am waiting for hernia surgery and my fatigue is out of hand. But as I sat looking out of the window at the snow, knowing my […]
This boy We never had wedding vows of in sickness and in health. Instead our Elvis minister asked us if we swore never to leave each others blue suede shoes out in the rain. But he’s aways there by my side. He puts my tablets in shot glasses with little stickers with times written on them. […]
Don’t worry, I don’t have a mac and follow people around at night flashing my boobies. But I am a very proud flasher of my osteomy bag and here’s why… I have had many comments about the images I share of my ileostomy bag, most of them are positive but I get the occasional one […]
19 years ago in The Leadmill nightclub in Sheffield I met Timm. I’ve told the story before but I had seen him the week before and not had the confidence to say hi, then I spied him in the DJ box working, my friend Liz went and said to him “my mate fancies you” and […]