This is an article I was asked to write for Dexterous Diva as a guest post for her fantastic blog about living with a chronic illness, Jo who runs the site has endometriosis and the blog is really inspirational. I was worried at first about writing about my experiences, concerned about how it would come across but […]
I’ve been writing about my hair loss and how it’s been bothering me. Yesterday I went to see the lovely Nikki from Kojo & Lee in Sheffield to sort out my mop. We talked about alopecia and discussed some hairstyles I had seen around the web and it turns out the styles I was looking […]
In less than two weeks I am setting off with my husband and kids on an awesome adventure. We are going to Vietnam and Australia for six weeks and I can’t wait!! I had a subtotal colectomy and end ileostomy on 3rd September this year and so it was a concern of how I would […]
Since my surgery I have noticed that my hair is falling out. A lot. Every time I brush or run my fingers through my hair I end up with handfuls of hair. I have always had really thick hair and so it didn’t really bother me at first but now it’s 12 weeks post op […]
I know I have been a little quiet of late but the honest reason is that life is all going quite smoothly at the minute. My stoma and ileostomy bag are behaving and life is getting back to normal… Actually better than how I was before as I no longer have any symptoms of Ulcerative […]
1. Make your own happiness a priority. Your happiness matters. Everyone, but especially women tend to put other people’s happiness before our own. We make excuses for why we neglect our needs – we are too busy, too skint, too stressed out. If you don’t value your own happiness then no one else will. It […]
Last week I went for my post surgery check up, it was 10 weeks post op and I was feeling a little nervous. Timm and I went to the Hallamshire to meet with Mr Brown, my consultant. He came into the room, looked at me and said “Mrs Cleasby?!” He looked at his notes and […]
When I was in hospital after my surgery I happened upon the hashtag IBD Warrior and seeing and reading other people’s IBD journeys, their struggles and ultimately the way they overcome what is such a shit illness inspired me and gave me the strength to move forward and to blog about my own journey. So […]
Last night I started with a stomach bug, I felt queasy and then the output from my stoma turned to water. My bag was filling extremely quickly, I was emptying once or twice an hour and I felt awful. I had a google and thought I’d try some Imodium (loperamide) to deal with the very […]