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Back in September, I was invited to a dinner dance arranged by Stephanie Donnelly, a woman who set up a support group for people who have or are about to have stoma surgery. It was in aid of Crohns and Colitis UK and Breakaway and I was asked to be part of their fashion show […]
This morning I got a message from a Facebook follower letting me know that she’d just seen me on The Wright Stuff! I popped on channel 5 +1 and hit record and saw that in a discussion about whether able bodied people should use accessible toilets, that my open letter was mentioned along with a […]
I read this quote saying ‘comparison is the thief of joy’ and it felt very apt this week as I have fallen into the trap of comparing myself to others. And my joy feels completely stolen. Having a chronic illness and facing surgery soon that will give me a ‘bag for life’ in my permenant […]
After years of complex health issues, multiple surgeries, too many medications to name and months in hospital, I thought getting a flu jab would be a simple, fuss free event. It started when a nurse in hospital clinic asked in passing whether I had had my flu jab this year. I said I had never had […]
“So the decision is made? I’ll book you in for another ostomy” Yep, the decision is made. This journey that started 2 years and 2 months ago when I had my colon removed and an ileostomy formed, is coming full circle and in early 2016, I will be going back under the knife and having […]
Hello you lovely lot. Firstly thank you so much for all the beautiful, supportive and caring messages I have received on social media, email and text. I was feeling very sorry for myself and your words really brightened my day. So I am back in hospital, I saw Mr Brown in clinic on Tuesday and […]
Type. Delete. Type. Delete. Draft. Scrap. Write. Burn laptop and bury remains in the woods. I’m struggling at the minute with something that even I, Poo Lady Sam, am finding it hard to talk about. I’ve shared with you all every high and low of my illness journey in the past two years, from shitting […]
Today is World Ostomy Day! This is like my poo lady Christmas! When I had my surgery, I never thought I would be celebrating my Ostomy but as I have learnt to accept my illness, I can recognise that my Ostomy was the start of a new life for me. It is a different life […]
Though I have talked a lot about my different surgeries, I know it can be a bit confusing and difficult to understand and so I thought I would dedicate this post to explaining exactly what a jpouch is. A j-pouch has a few different names which can cause a little confusion, it is also referred […]
A few months after the birth of my second child, I began to notice blood in the toilet after I had opened by bowels, I ignored it for a while and then found I was going to the loo more and more. One morning I woke to a lot of blood and mucus in my […]