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Cin ciao from Vietnam!!! Hello!! After my surgery in 3rd September this year to remove my colon and create an ileostomy I was nervous about our planned trip to Vietnam and Australia but here I am and all is going well! The flight was fine, I avoided the (free) alcohol which is always a bit […]
This is an article I was asked to write for Dexterous Diva as a guest post for her fantastic blog about living with a chronic illness, Jo who runs the site has endometriosis and the blog is really inspirational. I was worried at first about writing about my experiences, concerned about how it would come across but […]
In less than two weeks I am setting off with my husband and kids on an awesome adventure. We are going to Vietnam and Australia for six weeks and I can’t wait!! I had a subtotal colectomy and end ileostomy on 3rd September this year and so it was a concern of how I would […]
Since my surgery I have noticed that my hair is falling out. A lot. Every time I brush or run my fingers through my hair I end up with handfuls of hair. I have always had really thick hair and so it didn’t really bother me at first but now it’s 12 weeks post op […]
1. Make your own happiness a priority. Your happiness matters. Everyone, but especially women tend to put other people’s happiness before our own. We make excuses for why we neglect our needs – we are too busy, too skint, too stressed out. If you don’t value your own happiness then no one else will. It […]
When I was in hospital after my surgery I happened upon the hashtag IBD Warrior and seeing and reading other people’s IBD journeys, their struggles and ultimately the way they overcome what is such a shit illness inspired me and gave me the strength to move forward and to blog about my own journey. So […]
I blogged recently about joining the gym and also swimming with an ileostomy bag and wanted to do a catch up post about the first week in my quest of #gettingstrong – the hash tag is what Im using for both instagram and twitter. I just want to explain a little more about my reasons […]
When surgery became a possibility I did what we all do these days and googled it… THAT was a mistake (seriously don’t google stomas, you’ll give yourself nightmares!!) Many images are medical, none are particularly flattering, most are terrifying. Since having my subtotal colectomy and ileostomy I have realised that neither is anywhere near as […]
I’ve been swimming tonight for the first time since the surgery. I was really nervous about going in the water wearing a bag but after 8 weeks and with our trip to Australia coming up fast I thought it was literally time to take the plunge. It was definitely a psychological barrier, but it has […]
Before I had kids I was skinny, I was a size 8 and then after having my first son I was a size 16. Since then I have gone up a bit and then down a bit but always ended around a 16. I’m ok with this, I know I’m not skinny but I think […]