Category: Health
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BlogMas Day Nine – Spoonie Christmas Challenge
WHAT ILLNESSES DO YOU SUFFER WITH? I have rheumatoid arthritis, Crohns disease, an ileostomy, ostopenia, high blood pressure and iritis WHAT’S THE CRAZIEST ‘CURE’ SOMEONE HAS EVER OFFERED YOU? Well according to one GP I saw (yes a doctor), I shouldn’t need a bone scan because I am too young to suffer from these issues!…
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BlogMas Day Eight – Unboxing Stoma Supplies (video)
So thought I would mix it up a little bit and make a video instead of a written post for you all! The link is And I hope you all enjoy it! Don’t forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel to see more videos from me and please feel free to ask any questions in…
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BlogMas Day 2 – 12 Days Of Christmas Chronic Illness Style
On the 12th day of Christmas, chronic illness gave to me 12 breakfast tablets, 11 early nights, 10 pred rages, 9 fill your faces, 8 doctor visits, 7 bouts of brain fog, 6 non-alcoholic cocktails, 5 swollen joints, 4 heat pads, 3 bag leaks, 2 stool samples, and a blockage cuz I ate nuts!
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Am I Confident In The New Salts Confidence BE Ostomy Bags?
So there has been a lot of excitement surrounding the launch of the new Salts Confident BE ostomy bags and I was really looking forward to trying them out. I use Salts bags anyway, so was really hoping to find out whether these would be an ‘upgrade’ to the ones I currently use and love. …
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A New Chapter…
I have had a few people asking after me and about how the boys are doing so I thought it was time to share a little update about what has been happening since they went to live with their Dad (see my previous post which explains what happened here). As you can imagine, it has…
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The Spoonie Mummy Reviews – Protein Water Co
With an ileostomy I have to be really careful to keep hydrated. My large bowel is no longer in use, which is where most of your fluid intake is absorbed. This means you need an increased fluid intake, as well as increasing your intake of sugar, salt and electrolytes in order to stay hydrated when…
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#SMSelfLoveClub – Week 4
Huge apologies that it’s up late (especially to Stephie at Colitis To Ostomy) who has been nagging me to get this up so she can carry on participating! Had another busy one with hospital appointments of my own, hospital visits to Ste and my first assignment for university due in but now have a little…
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An Interview With Rich Clarke
It has been a little while since I did an interview piece as I have been so busy but today I get you introduce you to a good friend of mine, Rich. I asked Rich if I could interview him about life as a parent of a child with a chronic condition. Rich’s oldest child,…
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