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Although Im a big believer in positivity, I also think it is healthy to expel all the things you hate, to write them down and cast them out and so I though Id do a list of things I hate about IBD, ileostomies and chronic illness. With my surgery looming I am possibly not feeling […]
My hernia is getting worse by the day, it’s hard to know what to do for the best. It will be fixed in April during my pouch surgery but till then it’s getting increasingly difficult to deal with. It’s a large hard swelling behind my stoma about the size of half a large grapefruit. There’s […]
With my pouch surgery coming up in the next month or so, my consultant has asked me to try and lose some weight. Since January I’ve lost 12lbs and so I’m doing quite well but seem to have plateaued. He has asked me to try to lose another 6 or 7 lbs as people carrying […]
As I start to mentally prepare for surgery next month I began to think about how lovely it was last time when I had visitors and I thought about some things that would help me this time. When you are sick in hospital, visiting times really break up the day. Last time I was in […]
We all know the old sayings of ‘beauty is skin deep’ and ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder’ but do we actually live by them? Beauty is a billion dollar industry, we are sold images of beauty every day, studies say we see over 3500 marketing messages a day designed by marketing execs […]
On Saturday 8th March I was invited to talk at Barnsley Town Hall as part of International Women’s Day by Experience Barnsley. My talk was about my journey of ten years of chronic illness, surgery and living with a stoma. I talked about Ulcerative Colitis and how my colectomy and ileostomy affected my life. It […]
It’s hard to be positive all the time, in fact it’s damn near impossible. The last couple of weeks have had ups and downs and I’m feeling the strain. I blogged about Fridays events, Saturday we had friends over for dinner and had a brilliant night, it felt great to have a relaxed, fun dinner […]
Information IBD is Inflammatory Bowel Disease and should not be confused with IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) which is a completely separate condition. The two main types of IBD are Ulcerative Colitis (UC) and Crohn’s Disease. Ulcerative Colitis (UC) and Crohn’s Disease are chronic (ongoing) conditions, which are not infectious The most common age for diagnosis […]
Can you believe it? It has been six months since I had my colon removed, on 3rd September 2013 I had a sub total colectomy. Six months of having my ileostomy bag, six months of no going to the toilet for a poo, six months of no farting!! Six months ago at this time, I […]