The past few weeks have been tough, recovering from an emergency surgery that knocked me off my feet. During this time, I have had so little control and I have been unable to do much for myself, which has been so difficult. But I am so lucky to have my Timm who has been there […]
People tell me I’m strong, I’m brave, I’m a fighter. But mainly I just feel afraid. Being chronically ill takes away all the control in your life, it strips away all the things that make you you and leaves this husk of a being. The last couple of weeks have been so draining, like the […]
When I started this blog five years ago, I thought it would be something my family and friends might read, I never thought it would be read all over the world! Yet so bad ass has now had over 3 MILLION views and I am overwhelmed and humbled. I cant thank you all enough for […]
If you follow me on social media, you’ll know that I had my big op a couple of weeks ago, it’s been a really tough time so I’m only now just well enough to blog about it. So a bit of background, I had developed a hernia in the incision of my old stoma site […]
It’s like my Christmas today, a day devoted to talking about IBD! For more information,head over to Crohns and Colitis UK. On World IBD day, here’s my IBD story… In 2003, I began to bleed heavily from my butt, I was having stomach cramps, diarrhoea and oh so much blood! I went to see my […]
I had my 6 week post op check up today with Mr Brown, Timm took the morning off work to come with me as I had a sneaking suspicion that it wasn’t going to be good news. My stoma and stomach is still very swollen and with exertion it really pops out and my stoma […]
Last year I got quite an odd phone call. Even for me this was a weird one! It was a reporter I’ve worled with a few times for BBC Radio Sheffield asking if I’d be interested in coming on her new podcast to talk about body positivity. Of course I would!!! That’s right up my street! […]
I’m ever so grey. I’ve dyed my hair pretty much every colour under the sun in my time but I’m tiring of it. It’s such a ball ache having to do my roots every 4-6 weeks and so over the past few weeks I’ve been thinking about stopping the dye. But how? Did I go […]
I have a confession to make. I’m thoroughly addicted to online shopping. I realised this when my middle child told me their aims in life were to have a job that earns lots of money so they can sit in bed and order lots of stuff off Amazon… eek!!! Don’t get me wrong, I’m not […]
One of the biggest sources of my guilt and having IBD is my kids, I feel so sad that they have a poorly mum who they see in bed so often. They’ve visited me in hospital more times than is right for a child and they cope with it phenomenally. Today I’m feeling pretty sad […]