Category: Lifestyle
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Post #100
I am incredibly grateful and amazed to announce that this is my 100th live blog post! I just want to say a big thankyou to everyone who reads, supports, comments and likes things on here and across all my social media accounts. When I started up I was so nervous that I was just going…
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26 Questions To Help You Know Yourself Better
If you follow my blog you will know that I have had a rather tough few months. This in turn has triggered my anxiety and depression off and I have had a few ups and downs with my mental health. Stephie over at Colitis To Ostomy has been an amazing support during this entire time,…
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When Do You Know You Are ‘Done’?
So I’ve decided to write about something that has been playing on my mind lately. Truth be told I’m incredibly broody. Me and Ste have four children between us but none together. We haven’t really spoken about whether or not we want anymore but it’s a conversation, like any couple, we will need to have…
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Contraception and IBD/Arthritis
There are lots of different options out there for women who want to prevent pregnancy. What many people (including some GPs) don’t understand is the effect that IBD can have on the way our bodies process these, sometimes resulting in them becoming completely useless at their intended job. I’m not medically trained but this post…
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An Interview With Laura Zappula (a.k.a Stomalicious)
This week I had the pleasure of talking to Laura, who writes a blog called Stomalicious. She appeared on The IBD and Ostomy Support Show at the end of August, talking about travelling with a stoma. As we are discussing food this month I wanted to ask her about what she eats on her travels,…
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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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One Word Answer Challenge
So yesterday I was tagged in a post by the lovely Angela from The Inspiration Edit. She had seen a one word answer challenge and thought it would be good to create her own and answer from the viewpoint of a Mum with a chronic illness. Her original post can be seen here, and be…
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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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The Spoonie Mummy 