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International Women’s Day 2019
View recipe: International Women’s Day 2019Good morning and happy Friday. Today is a change from the hospital diaries and back to a bit of blogging which is lovely! I do apologize that these may not be as visually appealing as normal posts but I’m having to use my phone while in hospital. What is International Women’s Day? International Women’s Day…
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The Hospital Diaries Day 8 & 9 – Monday & Tuesday
View recipe: The Hospital Diaries Day 8 & 9 – Monday & TuesdayI’m at the point of losing track of days and it seems to be suddenly flying by. Each day sort of mingles into one as it gets so repetitive and a mixture of tests, medication, pain and sleep. Gastroscopy Test On Monday I had my first ever gastroscopy test – where the camera goes down…
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The Hospital Diaries Day 6 & 7 – Saturday/Sunday
View recipe: The Hospital Diaries Day 6 & 7 – Saturday/SundayWeekends in hospital are generally the worst. Unless there is a plan in place to go home, nothing much happens unless there is an emergency. Stanley Stoma seems to have woken up which is good so they are pretty satisfied that the CT which showed no kinks or blockages along my small intestine was correct.…
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The Hospital Diaries Day 4 & 5 – Thursday/Friday
View recipe: The Hospital Diaries Day 4 & 5 – Thursday/FridaySo apologies for not having caught you all up yesterday but it’s not been a great couple of days and I’m sure you understand. The pain and nausea/vomiting have become pretty relentless and even the medication isn’t relieving my symptoms to the point of comfortable at the moment for the most part. Update So far…
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The Hospital Diaries Day 3 – Wednesday
View recipe: The Hospital Diaries Day 3 – WednesdayToday wasn’t a good day for me, my pain and nausea/vomiting certainly ramped up. Doctors Rounds I didn’t see my normal consultant as she isn’t on the ward this week but the doctor I saw today was lovely. He was worried as my ostomy output is extremely slow and my abdomen is very distended so…
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The Hospital Diaries Day 2 – Tuesday
View recipe: The Hospital Diaries Day 2 – TuesdayI managed a pretty decent night’s sleep last night to be fair, which is good for me in hospital! Food Diary Breakfast was the only meal I photographed today as I then had to go nil by mouth for my camera tests and then only had a sandwich for tea so not very interesting! I…
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The Hospital Diaries – Day 1 Monday
View recipe: The Hospital Diaries – Day 1 MondayWell, what a start to the week. If you follow me on social media (Instagram, Twitter or Facebook) you will have probably seen that I have been struggling with my Crohn’s Disease and Rheumatoid Arthritis since the start of the new year. Admitted With a Plan This morning I had an emergency appointment with my…
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Blog Tour Book Review – The Baby Detective
View recipe: Blog Tour Book Review – The Baby DetectiveThe Baby Detective by Sarah Norris The Blurb The only parenting book that offers a unique, step-by-step guide to enable parents to solve baby care problems for themselves. The Baby Detective is the only book of the parenting genre to develop a unique, step-by-step investigative process that will enable parents to solve their own baby…
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