Category: Health
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10 Small Victories For People With Chronic Illnesses
Anyone who is chronically ill will recognise most, if not all, of these scenarios. They play a part in our every day life, they are our normal. This list shows you the small things that help make these situations, that little bit easier. 1 – When you open up a packet of tablet tablets and…
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Thickening Stoma Output
Ostomy output can vary in consistency. In general an ileostomy output will be more watery than that from a colostomy. The problem with a watery output is that it can easily lead to dehydration. Stoma nurses will generally advise that you aim for a consistency like porridge. This means your output isn’t watery enough to…
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An Interview With Ali Jawad
If you watch The IBD & Ostomy Support Show you will know our August theme has been exercising with IBD or an ostomy. This can be difficult for many reasons – fatigue, risk of hernia, malabsorption, deficiencies and many more. There are many amazing people across the IBD community who are actively taking part and…
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Dehydration With An Ostomy
Please note – I am not a medical professional and this is written based on my experiences, information I have been told and things I have researched. If you are having issues with staying hydrated or an overly active and watery output, please contact your stoma nurse or a doctor. As the subject of this…
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An Update…
Good evening! Thought I would do a post to update you all on things that have been happening lately, rather than do lots of little posts about everything. My health has been pretty up and down but I’m still trying to keep a smile on my face as always. Firstly some of you would have…
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Getting Ste’s ‘Tea’ Ready
Good evening, this is a bit of a late one but have finally had the last day of school today and we are officially on Summer break! Yay! Some of you may know my boyfriend Ste, know that he also has Crohns Disease and know that he has jejunostomy feeding tube (PEG-J), for some this…
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#bagroulette – My review of the Coloplast Sensura Mio
It’s week three of #bagroulette and this week we are trying out Stephie’s brand of bag, the Coloplast Sensura Mio. I have used these bags previously and didn’t get on with them so was a little nervous about this one. Although I loved alot about them, I had so many leaks and as it was…
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#bagroulette – My review of the Pelican Platinum Convex Stoma Bag
WARNING – You can see a bit of output (poo) in one of the photos featured in this post So hopefully you have read all about the challenge that the girls from The IBD & Ostomy Show and I are doing this month. We have decided to try out each others brand of bags for…
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The Spoonie Mummy 