No, not Cotton Headed ninny muggins. Or C**t. But Cancer. Today I’m writing about cancer. Before it feels too click baity, first up, I don’t have cancer, so no panicking!!! But I’m in the middle of a bit of a scare, so here goes… A few weeks ago I had a CT scan to take […]
Last weekend Timm and I went to Manchester as I had been nominated and shortlisted for the Disability and Chronic Illness best blog. I was totally honoured and really pleased to be shortlisted for the second year running and though I didn’t expect to win, we went along to hang out with some amazing bloggers […]
So I am a few weeks into my new role as radio presenter on BBC Radio Sheffield, have you heard the show yet? You can find us at Nowt So Strange As Folk – a modern family life show where we talk about everything from parenting to dating, local community groups to disability and so much […]
So after seeing Mr Brown last week and being sent for a CT scan, a hernia has been confirmed. Obviously after two hernia ops already this year, I’m devastated. Its behind my new stoma and is sore and swollen, it’s awful news yet again and to be honest I don’t know how to feel about […]
This week, my eldest bambino turned 18 and I’m still a bit confused by it all, as if I have a child who is an actual adult?! I had Charlie when I was 19, it was a pregnancy that many family and friends thought a mistake. I’d been with Timm for two years and if I’m […]
I used to think depression looked like someone crying all the time, someone with a sad face who is weeping and wailing. And sometimes depression does look like that! But not always. Last year I had a really bad time with my mental health, I hit a big wall and I couldn’t shake it. I struggled […]
Alternate title: how I drove over a thousand miles with three teenagers and managed to not completely lose my mind or abandon them on a highway We have just got back from our CleasbysAmericanAdventure, a two week road trip from Long Beach up the Western coast of America to San Francisco and it has been […]
Just a word of warning, this post has lots of graphic and medical images of my old stoma site healing and may not be suitable for everyone. So after the last surgery where they resited my stoma, the old site was left open. I was gobsmacked when I first saw it as I’d never seen […]
I got a message from someone on twitter today from a mum who is facing stoma surgery. “You have made a difference. You made me feel ok about stoma surgery, you help me to remember I’m not the only one feeling like this. These school holidays are breaking my heart, I feel so guilty for […]
I was thrilled to be interviewed for the BBC’s Matron, Medicine and Me which was aired recently. The episode I was on was hosted by Fern Britton who went back to the hospital that saved her life from sepsis a few years ago, there were lots of amazing stories shared about the NHS and if […]