The Bristol Stool tart
DEFINITELY need this as my next birthday cake!! For anyone who doesn’t get the joke, here’s a real Bristol Stool Chart…
Entries by sam
How Im feeling today
Firstly thank you so much for the wonderful response to my last blog post about Why Im Choosing to Have my Bowel Removed. I had so many messages and emails of support and so many from people facing their own battles. Every message is so greatly appreciated. Today Im writing about feelings. About how I […]
Why I am choosing to have my bowel removed
My name is Sam Cleasby, Im 32 years old and I want my bowel removed. That sounds like a pretty drastic thing right? Well yep it is. I am in the midst of a journey that I hope will end with my large bowel being removed from my body. I have Ulcerative Colitis. I was […]
The origin of faeces
Thank you to the lovely Jen of Spacedog fame for giving me the heads up on this article. Taken from the book ‘The Origin of Faeces What Excrement tells us about evolution, ecology and a sustainable society’ by David Waltner-Toews, this picture and article is both funny and interesting! When I began writing The Origin […]
You are not alone in this
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House of Commons Prescription Charges Debate
As a result of Prescription Charges Coalition campaigning, Lib Dem MP Sir Bob Russell, has secured a Parliamentary debate on prescription charges on Wednesday evening. We need as many MPs as possible to speak, to show the Government how serious an issue this is. Use this UK Parliament tool to identify your MP and their […]
Where's the loo?!
There is nothing worse than being out in public and all of a sudden you feel that sudden tug deep in your guts. For most people it is a fleeting thought of ‘oh I need the toilet’ for IBD sufferer, the fear strikes… Oh fuck, where’s the loo?!! Your eyes dart around looking for the […]