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A fecal transplant, also known as Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT), fecal bacteriotherapy, fecal transfusion, stool transplant, fecal enema, and human probiotic infusion (HPI), is a procedure where fecal bacteria is transplanted from a healthy individual (usually a partner or close relative) into a recipient to introduce healthy bacterial flora to a person’s gut. Am I talking about eating someone’s poo?? Well, […]
I was warned when I was in hospital that dehydration is a massive problem for folk with ostomies and pouches, this is because your large intestine absorbs water from your food and a lot of the salt your body needs so if you don’t have a large intestine, you are in for a bit of […]
Ohh my little blog, my place of cathartic writing, my diary, my journal of my illness and recovery. Sometimes I forget that when I hit post, it flies out through the ether and into the laptops, tablets and phones of so many. (Currently about 15000 of you a month! WTAF?!!!) I write for many reasons, […]
I don’t suffer with depression. People I know who do, have educated me about the soul crushing symptoms of true depression and so I don’t want you to be under any impression that what I’m talking about here is the same as that. But sometimes, without warning, I get this dark cloud that floats along […]
It is coming up to my favourite time of the year, I LOVE CHRISTMAS!!! And so I thought I would pull together a few ideas for christmas gifts for friends or family with IBD, especially those with an ileostomy or a jpouch. SPA TREATMENTS I love a massage and adore a relaxation day in […]
I did a talk at the Crohns and Colitis UK South Yorkshire Autumn lecture, I joined Mr Brown, consultant and surgeon at Sheffield Hallamshire and Northern General hospitals and we gave a patient/surgeon take on Ulcerative Colitis, surgery and treatment. I had a brilliant time, the talk was filmed and I will share that with […]
As some regular readers may know, on 6th September 2014 Timm and I renewed our wedding vows after 10 years of marriage. It was at the end of the toughest year of our lives, almost exactly a year before I had a subtotal colectomy and ileostomy and 4 months before I had another big surgery […]
I love the internet. I think it’s amazing to have all the information in the world at your fingertips, we are at an unprecedented time where we can access anything and everything. When you have an ongoing chronic illness like Inflammatory Bowel Disease, the lack of control in your life can be difficult to deal […]
People sometimes tell me I must be very strong to deal with the illness, surgery and recovery that I’ve been through over the past ten years. The truth is that the strongest person in my house is Timm, my husband. You see, he has dealt with everything I have been through too, but he doesn’t […]
If you follow me on twitter or Facebook you may have seen that I’ve been having a few problems with my j pouch recently. After everything had settled a little, I was going to the toilet around 4-5 times a day which is pretty good for a pouchee. But for the last few weeks I […]