Im an emotional person and Im vocal with my love for the people around me, every night I say to the kids ‘Night night, I love you‘, it is just automatic and part of our routine. But do we tell the people around us that we love, appreciate and care about them enough? Is it […]
My stress levels are currently sky fucking high. My mind is whirring and buzzing, I can’t concentrate, my head just hops from one thing to another to another. I’m due in for surgery on Wednesday and emotionally and mentally I’m all over the place. I feel so fucking grumpy, and sad, frustrated, angry and out […]
There is a lot of negativity when it comes to ostomies, I have heard many a time things like “Id rather die than wear a colostomy/ileostomy bag” “I don’t want to look like a freak” “Im not normal if I have a bag” etc etc It is absolutely gutting to hear comments like this being […]
A post for my husband Timm… Today is our ten year wedding anniversary, I can’t believe it is ten years since we said our wedding vows in front of Elvis in Las Vegas! I loved you then, but in the years that have passed we have become closer than ever. We have had ups and […]
I have been threatening to do this video for months and never got round to it, so here it is. My first ever vlog, a how to video on how to change your ileostomy bag. Enjoy! Love Sam xx
Eight months ago today I had surgery to remove the whole of my large intestine. It’s been a busy and at times stressful 8 months but throughout it all I remind myself that life with an ileostomy bag is SO MUCH EASIER than life with Ulcerative Colitis! There have been good times and bad […]
This year I made a decision to stop buying ‘women’s’ magazines and I feel so much happier for doing it. Here’s why… Im not a massive magazine buyer, I don’t buy them regularly but now and then I will pick up a few and every time I did, I ended up either feeling rubbish about […]
My pouch surgery is booked in for the 14th May and so I thought Id do a post about what it is and how Im feeling about it. I know that the pouch surgery is definitely something that I want to at least try, its a big surgery especially as Im having it in one […]