Disclaimer: This information is based on my own research into this particular aspect of IBD as well as some personal experience and should not be used as medical advice or a diagnostic tool. The suggestions given within are taken from sources laid out in the references header. If you seek advice regarding the things you experience within your own disease, please contact your IBD team for medical advice. If you are looking for the…
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GI Clinic & MRI Scan – 27-28.06.17
Due to my Gastro referral still being in the pipelines, I decided it was probably a good idea to still attend my outstanding appointments at Good Hope. So despite living 90 miles away, I made the journey back home on Tuesday for my clinic appointment with my consultant and the pending MRI scan the following day. One miserable train journey later, I was at Good Hope; primed to talk IBD…
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MRI Scan: Small Bowel Study – 19.01.17
So, last week I was at the hospital for a routine test; a Small Bowel MRI Study. My surgeon is using this procedure to finalise the plans for whether or not I continue to receive my Vedolizumab treatment, as my Crohn’s has gone into possible remission. I’ve had a couple of these MRIs before; all pre surgery and without my ostomy. I was hesitate, anxious and nervous for the following…
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Things I now Love about Living with a Stoma
If you’ve been following me for a while, you’ll know I live with an ileostomy – a type of stoma formed from the small bowel – after losing my colon to Crohn’s disease. Read more about my stoma and my journey here. Now having a major organ removed isn’t exactly easy. Nor is it straightforward. The surgeries performed to create stomas aren’t quick or without their complexities. But hopefully the…
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When might you need a Liver Biopsy with IBD?
What does the liver do? One of the jobs of the liver is to act as a “processing plant,” taking in what we ingest and helping to break it down into waste as well as useable materials. The liver also produces cholesterol, acids, and bile salts that get stored in the gallbladder until required to help break down ingested fats. How IBD affect the liver? In some people with IBD,…
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Being Organised when you have IBD
Each doctor and hospital you visit keep a medical record for you that includes information on your diagnoses, test results, treatment plans, medications, and more. While some information may overlap, each record contains only a small piece of the total picture of your medical history. Because your medical information can be spread out among various doctors, it’s a good idea to assemble your own copy of all your records that…
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Examinations Under Anaesthesia
THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY What exactly is a Examination Under Anaesthesia? This is a surgical examination under general or spinal anaesthesia, also known as a EUA. Due to the location of a particular area that requires a deeper look, a surgeon will usually advocate for this procedure to minimise pain and discomfort to the patient. Why you might have one and the benefits This procedure can be…
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Year Five: Stoma Life
What I’ve Learnt and Achieve in the Last Twelve Months with my Ostomy Year Five with Pricilla started with hernia repair surgery. So technically, Pricilla lasted for four days into her fifth year and then she got reborn – aka, she was refashioned! I won’t lie, that surgery was tough as anything. I didn’t know exactly what I would wake up with because so much of it depended on what my…
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“Does having IBD scare you?”
Let me take you back down memory road to the day after I was diagnosed with Crohns disease. “I sat on my hospital bed, in the new ward, waiting for the doctors to come and do their rounds. I would meet my consultant for the first time – excellent, when I looked and felt awful – as well as a specialist nurse. Why did I need a special nurse? Was…