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Hernias & Stomas
Read MoreI remember sitting in my hospital bed, after my first solo stoma bag change back in 2016 and my nurse said “you must always try and avoid a hernia. You…
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Having Major Surgery During a Pandemic
Read MoreI know almost all of us did not expect nor predict that 2020 would be how it has been thus far. It has been without a doubt the most challenging…
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Discharge Euphoria
Read More“You can go home today” The most joyful words that can be uttered during a morning ward round when you have been in hospital for anything more than a…
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Surgery Anniversary
Read MoreI’ve been thinking alot lately about surgery and it’s sometimes negative reputation and impact on the chronically ill. When I was first diagnosed with Crohn’s disease and we were…
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Post Operative Blues: The Emotional Highs & Lows after Discharge from Hospital
Read MoreIt has been six weeks since my surgery and officially met a huge scheduled landmark in recovery: “expect to feel recovered and back to almost ‘normal’ after six to eight…
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One Month Post Surgery
Read MoreFour weeks, twenty-eight days. Admittedly, I did write my last update – you can read it here – abit later than I’d originally planned but still, to think it’s been a…
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Two Weeks Post Surgery
Read MoreSeems like only yesterday I was counting backwards from four to be put under for my Proctectomy. But here we are, fourteen days post op and it’s been a weird…
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Why? My Proctectomy Explained
Read MoreBackground: In 2016 I underwent two operations for my Crohn’s Disease. The first was a Right Hemicolectomy in May, followed by a Subtotal Colectomy with Ileostomy in August. My first…
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How To Prepare for Surgery
Read MoreI am a week or so away from another surgery. A planned one for a change! It has been almost three years since my first surgery and things are different…
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Pre Operative Assessments: Stoma & General Surgery – 14.03.19
Read MoreI last had a pre op for major surgery back in May of 2016 ahead of my Right Hemicolectomy. Reading it back, everything is very much the same – not…
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Life Lately | The ‘Final’ Step
Read MoreAt last, answers and a plan. I last talked – openly and frankly – about my current predicament back at the end of November; re my rectal stump. Since then,…
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Happy Surgery-iversary…?
Read MoreMay 12th. It is forever etched into my brain. We’d been able to control, for the most part, my disease with medications and ‘diet’ for the five years prior to…
