On Saturday 18th October I fulfilled a dream of mine that was to be a zombie for the day. For years I have wanted to get the make up and gore on and stumble about as an old school zombie and the lovely folk at Barnsley Hospital Charity made my wish come true. They held […]
When you spend as much time on the loo as you have to with IBD and blog about it, the throne becomes a bit of an office…
Hellooooo it is good to be back! Timm and I have been on our second honeymoon, a week in Lanzarote and we had a blummin’ brilliant time! The weather was amazing and so I had to deal with the insecurities of going on the beach and having my scars on display. Now if you are […]
Sometimes I need to remind myself of this… I am writing about happiness over on Life Labs for Psychologies Magazine, go take a look. Sam x
I love the internet. I think it’s amazing to have all the information in the world at your fingertips, we are at an unprecedented time where we can access anything and everything. When you have an ongoing chronic illness like Inflammatory Bowel Disease, the lack of control in your life can be difficult to deal […]
I saw a new dr on Thursday, a registrar on the team of fabulous medics who have been looking after me. As you may know, my surgeon is called Mr Brown, we do laugh that he has an appropriate name for a bum doctor… Well, the new one was called Dr Liu. Dr Loo?! Are […]
People sometimes tell me I must be very strong to deal with the illness, surgery and recovery that I’ve been through over the past ten years. The truth is that the strongest person in my house is Timm, my husband. You see, he has dealt with everything I have been through too, but he doesn’t […]
If you follow me on twitter or Facebook you may have seen that I’ve been having a few problems with my j pouch recently. After everything had settled a little, I was going to the toilet around 4-5 times a day which is pretty good for a pouchee. But for the last few weeks I […]
Reason 3,459 that my husband is awesome. Timm – “how was your evening?” Me – “not great. I nearly crapped myself at the supermarket” Timm – “Nearly?” Me – “yeah, I was ok and got to the loo but I’m feeling pretty gutted and upset about it” Timm – “Nearly doesn’t mean anything at all!! […]
Butt Burn… can you say those words without a little snigger? I’m not talking about having a bit of a dodgy tum after a curry, I’m talking about the pain and discomfort that people with a j pouch suffer from. Let me explain a bit more. When you have had your large intestine removed, a […]