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Miriam Margolyes is the wonderfully outspoken actress from Harry Potter and star of recent TV show The Real Life Marigold Hotel. She spoke out this week about an incident at Waverley Train Station in Edinburgh, when a young man refused to give up his seat for her. Miriam told the Daily Mail that she has arthritis and was carrying […]
I have had some issues with my Stoma post surgery. The stitches came away from the skin leaving me with a large hole into my stomach. It was bloody awful to look at, it was really nasty and made me queasy. I documented the healing process though as in the beginning I couldn’t imagine it […]
It has been four weeks now since the big op and I am beginning to get used to life with my ileostomy, it has been a bigger change than I thought. This is the second time that I have had a stoma, the first time was two years ago and then I went on to […]
There are many things I never thought I’d say, and living with IBD has given me the opportunity to say many of them. I surprise myself at times. Since having my latest op, I am dealing with a most peculiar wound. I now have, what is commonly known amongst people who’ve had this done, as […]
Hey guys, it’s been a while hasn’t it, but I thought it time to update on the big operation! So I got a call on 5th January saying there had been a cancellation and asking if I could come in for surgery on the 6th. It was a big shock, but I agreed and headed […]
Happy New Year badasses! 2015 was a crazy year for me with mega highs and terrible lows, I wrote 116 posts on this blog with over 2 million views, here’s a look back at my So Bad Ass year. January I started the year by giving up the razor, which I led me down a […]
So, I’m back. My ‘break’ lasted 12 days. Honestly, I’m glad of the downtime. I’m still not great mentally and emotionally, lots of things in my life are still totally up on the air, but I realised that staying away from this place wasn’t actually making me feel any better. If anything I felt worse. […]
I started this blog two and a half years ago and I have loved every second. Starting from a humble desire to share my hospital visits and explain my illness to family and friends, it has seen me document every minute of my journey through ulcerative colitis, three surgeries, the loss of my large intestine, […]
Hey there big man, I thought I’d better jot down a quick note to say hi. It’s that time of year again so I know your inundated but here’s what I’d like for Christmas. My first wish was going to be for me to have no surgeries in 2016, but this damn illness of mine […]