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Life Lately | Pushing my Limits
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade Yeah, I relate to this way too much. And I say it time and time again – surgery changed my life – but…
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Changing Attitudes
13.06.16 I stared down at the box of tablets in some sort of disbelief. How did it get to this, needing to take anti depressants? It’s week five of my…
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Painkiller Addiction – My Other Recovery
Despite being chronically ill for the past four years, I’ve never thought of myself as needing painkillers to get through the bad days. Not that my bad days weren’t bad,…
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Life Lately | Making Progress
Just when you think things aren’t going anywhere, life pulls you back in. If you’ve been following me for a while now, you’ll probably know that I haven’t work since…
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When Will My Life Begin?
Last week, I had several rough days when I was full of self doubt and getting utterly frustrated with many aspects of my life. I wasn’t going to share how…
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I am not *quite* used to this, not just yet
This weekend I was in London; I had an amazing time, look! But boy did I suffer. It was a very long day; with an super early start and a…
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Life Lately | The Challenge
I usually don’t get into this whole ‘giving something up for Lent’ thing. I’ve never been particularly religious or felt the need to give something up to prove something either.…
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Sometimes; it just hits you, hard
How long does it take you to accept something? I’d be lying if I said I hadn’t be terrified to see my stoma. The first time I got to see…
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Coming off “The Radar”
I’ve had Crohn’s disease for over five years now and I think in all those years I have never ever been off the departments radar. You know what I mean…
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2017 Goals
In 2016 I made a conscious effort to set myself realistic goals and hoped to hell that I could achieve them. I found that keeping goals helped me focus on something, especially…
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Grieving: Those Waves Don’t Stop
They “prep” you for surgery; you hear that a lot in the weeks and days leading up to an operation. Medically, you should be fit enough to withstand the trauma your…
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One Week to Go
Seven more days of having all my insides, still inside of me. Seven more days of this constant, terribly draining pain. Seven more days in this current chapter of my…