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I have had Ulcerative Colitis for over ten years now, and when my health took a real turn for the worse last year and I was facing surgery, I scoured the internet for support and help. There were a lot of medical websites with confusing terminology and terrifying pictures and there were forums dedicated to […]
Well THERE’S a title I never thought I would post! Seriously though if you are reading this looking for some of my usual positivity, step away now. I am writing this in my bathroom sat on a bidet having spent the last 20 minutes crying. Right now I am feeling bloody sorry for myself. My […]
After a year of blogging here at So Bad Ass I am OVER THE MOON to see so much about IBD, Crohns, Colitis and living with an ostomy in the media. It is a really exciting time and Im so pleased to see stories and pictures in the news and going viral. As you may […]
This is a post I did for Motherhood Journeys about self esteem and loving your baby body. I started So Bad Ass last June and began blogging about my experiences, suddenly a lot of people were reading about my journey and the messages I started to receive weren’t just from people with the same problems as […]
At six weeks post surgery I made the decision that I wanted to start working again. Luckily I work from home, I run a photography company with my husband Timm called The Picture Foundry Timm has been carrying the weight of the business for the last couple of months and so I wanted to try […]
It’s been six weeks post pouch surgery and since I started on the loperamide last Monday, things have improved massively. Last week I was going to the toilet around 20 times a day and having 2-4 accidents a day which was heart breakingly depressing. Dr Brown said I needed to figure out how much or […]
I saw this story this morning and was struck by the idea of having inspirational real women on magazine covers rather than air brushed celebrities. Australian Women’s Weekly have Turia Pitt, a burns survivor who was injured in bush fires on the cover and it makes for a striking and beautiful image. Photo via Womens […]
All relationships have ups and downs, it can be hard work to keep a strong relationship when times are tough. I thought I would write about how chronic illness can affect a relationship and ways to get through the shitty times to stay strong together. I met my husband Timm 15 years ago in a […]
I had my four week check at the hospital yesterday with my awesome surgeon Mr Brown. Everything is looking good! At some point I need to learn when it’s not ok to make inappropriate comments though. He needed to *ahem* examine me and so a nurse was present. She was asking me to assume the […]
Wait, what the fuck is a summer body? Is it better than an Autumn body? That big glowing ball of light and warmth is warming up the air temperature slightly and so it is time for every magazine and website to start telling us to get ‘beach ready’, get a ‘bikini body’ and starve, scrub, […]