I have been quite open on here about the ups and downs of this journey of mine, through meds, hospital stays, 5 surgeries, months of recovery and the multitude of things going wrong, I have documented the lot. There are times when I feel positive and upbeat and other times when I feel thoroughly defeated. […]
My talk for the Steel Belles WI in Sheffield about body positivity, ostomies, feminism, body hair and being fat. Probably NSFW due to my sweary Northern gob… You can buy the t-shirt I am wearing here and £2.50 from every sale goes to Purple Wings Charity.
Do you have an inny or and outie? That’s a normal belly button type question as we know that people are all different (I’m an inny just so you know, but with the amount of surgeries I have had, it is not the one that Mother Nature blessed me with!) It’s odd as we totally […]
“You have such a perfect family!” I got told this after sharing photos of our trip to Glastonbury this year and so I thought I would share a few pics of my perfect family. We never argue, the kids are always on perfect behaviour, our home is a sanctuary of calm, peace and love. There […]
A few weeks ago, Loose Women (the ITV daytime show) ran a campaign called #MyBodyMyStory after they all posed for an image in their underwear. It was all about women celebrating their bodies, however we look and so of course, I decided to send in my photo and then hooted with laughter and giddiness when […]
I’m so thrilled to hit the 8k mark on Facebook!! For me, I love the communication and the feedback I get from my readers and so I love it when you follow me on social media and get in touch! I try my best to reply to every person (apart from those weird ones who […]
I have finally been signed off from my surgeon!!! Hooray!!! It only took 3 and a half years! Though I am sad to not be seeing the wonderful Mr Brown any more, it is a huge relief to think that unless anything goes wrong, I shouldn’t be having any more surgeries!!! I am not under […]
Thank you to the kind folk at the Northern Blogger Awards for nominating me in the Something Different category. If you’d like to vote for me, then head over to this link and find me in Something Different. “So here’s how it works – you simply have to scroll through the categories below, find who […]
In November last year, I did something ridiculous, like really, really stupid. I can’t believe I actually did it! Two weeks after having a MASSIVE double hernia operation that cut me from sternum to pelvis, fixing an incisional hernia that had come out and got twisted and stuck and a parastomal hernia that involved completely […]