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Firstly, I want to thank every single person who voted for me and endorsed me in the National Diversity Awards 2015. I was nominated and shortlisted as a Positive Role Model in the Disability category. It was an amazing thing to be shortlisted and to read through the hundreds of nominations made me cry out […]
I do quite a bit of public speaking about life with IBD, stomas, jpouches and also self esteem and body confidence. I also volunteer with Crohns and Colitis UK and IA Support at events all over the UK. And the one thing that tends to be the same at these events is the lack of […]
I’m not having a great day today, I’ve had a stinking cold for a couple of weeks and I think my immune system has taken a battering and so I have been up a lot in the nights going to the loo. I woke this morning and my joints are absolutely agony. My body is […]
I honestly can’t believe it’s been two years since that fateful day where surgeons removed my colon. I have come so far and I am really proud of myself. If you would have told me two years ago that I would be sat today, writing for a living, traveling the country talking to people about […]
Apologies for not being about much over the past few weeks, as much as i adore blogging and writing for So Bad Ass, as a mum of three I have to ensure bills can get paid and and so I have been super busy with other work. It has been pretty lovely work though I […]
The folk at Coloplast have developed a new support programme for people with an ostomy called Coloplast Care which is a fantastic idea and great development for ostomates everywhere. Whether you are facing surgery, a new ostomate or had your ostomy for years, Coloplast know that each person is totally unique and therefore their needs for support […]
You know those days where everything seems like hard work? When life is getting you down and everything is against you? I’m sure you do because we all have those days. The ones where you need to crawl into a duvet cocoon and hide from the world, eat a whole tub of Ben and Jerrys […]
It’s ironic that today on World IBD day, I spent the morning at the GP surgery. For a week or so I’ve not felt quite right, increased toilet visits, urgency and a couple of accidents. I have also been struggling massively with joint pain. I had a Twitter chat with IA Support (isn’t social media […]
I can’t believe my jpouch is one year old today!!!! A year ago on 14th May 2014 I had just been through a really tough surgery. I had woken without my Ileostomy bag and was facing my first day for nine months without pooing through my stomach!! I was exhausted, terrified and in an awful […]
As my photographs of an old photo shoot with my stoma have gone viral last week, I have been subject to a few comments about sexualising disability (and some just telling me that ostomies are gross and I should put it away, but that is a WHOLE other story!!!) and I wonder am I guilty of […]