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Fibre with IBD
Read MoreHands up who has been on the low residue diet in the months after diagnosis or surgery? There would be very few people with their hands down because it has become the go to diet for those suffering from active inflammation of their condition. Rightly so too; imagine the red, irritated and painful lining of […]
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Life Lately | Lockdown Update
Read MoreThere is something else to be said about trusting your guts… I think if I trusted mine, I would be in serious trouble. But if you look at abit further, a little deeper, there is some truth. My guts are a barometer of pain and of my condition. They let me know when something is […]
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Growing Through your Diagnosis
Read MoreWhat’s nice about being an adult and living with IBD is making all your own medical decisions. I remember sitting in my hospital bed and being given my morning medication and being told to take it right then and there. I was 23 years old. I wasn’t a child but I was a newly diagnosed […]
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Should We ‘Celebrate’ our Medical Anniversaries?
Read Moreanniversary / noun – the date on which an event took place in a previous year. Today marks the fourth anniversary since my first IBD surgery. Part of me feels really nostalgic for that surgery – it was my first, I had no idea what it would feel like or how it would go – […]
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I am scared and that is okay.
Read MoreI am scared. And that is okay. There is always a little fear when it comes to thinking about your chronic illness. There are alot of questions, not enough answers, you wonder about alot of what ifs and you can sometimes panic with the overwhelmingness of it all. I used to scold myself for being […]
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Studying & Chronic Illness
Read MoreDeadlines and unpredictable health are at opposite ends to each other. I remember the churning of my insides when my degree deadlines would creep up on me – I hadn’t been diagnosed with IBD at this point – and was at a loss of how to extend my deadlines due to my health. Alot of […]
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TEN THINGS TO LOVE ABOUT… SPRING
Read MoreIt’s time for part two of the “Ten Things” series, today focusing on Spring. I am a Spring baby – born in April – so I feel drawn to this time of year as a time of celebration. Even if, as I get older, I don’t want to celebrate getting older, I do enjoy being […]
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10 Tips for Feeling Comfortable with IBD
Read MoreThrowback to an eventful Thursday afternoon in September 2011 when I was sat on the recovery trolley trying to grapple with the fact my latest test had discovered I have Crohn’s Disease. It was an understandably emotional time; the gravity of the situation was palpable – it was a ‘disease’, a lifelong and challenging illness […]
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Health Anxiety
Read MoreWhat is meant by ‘health anxiety’? A sudden or unexpected health event can change your life in many ways. Feelings of shock, anger, grief, loss and sadness can be commonplace. And while these feelings usually pass with time, if they cause ongoing stress, you may be at greater risk of developing depression and anxiety. Health anxiety […]
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I have to say Bill Bryson’s epic non fiction “The Body” is wonderful. It’s a long read - almost 600 pages! - but I do enjoy every word. He has a flow that just works.