Tag: Disease
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Five Tips For Going Swimming With Your Kids When You Have An Ostomy
I have been swimming both in a pool and in the sea and have been in a hot tub since having my stoma surgery eight years ago, so have my routine nailed now – but I know some people really worry about it so I thought I’d share some of my tips with you hoping…
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Pelican/Respond/Eakin Podcast – Beyond The Pouch
I had the pleasure of chatting with Rachel and Louise recently for the Beyond The Pouch podcast. We talked about all things ostomy as well as pregnancy, contraception and periods when you have IBD and an ostomy. I am super proud of this episode as I think it is such an important topic that is…
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My Pregnancy Story by Rebecca Mitchell
So as well as sharing my pregnancy journey for this series, I put a shout out on my social media accounts to see if there were any parents who would be willing to share their journeys. I thought having a variety of different stories focusing on different aspects of pregnancy and parenthood with chronic illnesses…
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IBD – Is It Crohn’s Or Colitis?
I see so many posts from people who don’t know which type of IBD they have or saying they have both – which just is not possible! I thought I would do a post to explain the two diseases and the differences between them. I understand how confusing diagnosis is, and the doctor’s often don’t…
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Health Update
Well, what a month! For anyone not following me over on social media, I am now out of hospital, yay! I was released on Monday 16th March after three weeks in hospital. Although my symptoms haven’t all been rectified, they are a lot better than they were.
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Deep Vein Thrombosis Awareness Month
March is national Deep-Vein Thrombosis Awareness Month, a public health initiative aimed at raising awareness of this commonly occurring medical condition and its potentially fatal complication, pulmonary embolism. What is Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)? DVT is a blood clot which develops in one of the deep veins in the body – usually in the leg What…
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Gastroparesis Awareness Month
-Happy Friday one and all, we are almost at the weekend! Hope you have all had fantastic weeks, we have been very busy but I have also been keeping well rested and looking after myself. Today I wanted to share a post about Gastroparesis. August is Gastroparesis Awareness Month. Until I met Ste I had…
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Stripping Down Baseplate Extenders – Worth The Hype?
Be aware – this post contains photos of sore skin So any one who follows me on Instagram and Facebook will have seen my sore skin photo caused by my use of the Brava Elastic Tape Extenders. If not here is what happened to my skin after wearing them for three days. My skin was…
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The Spoonie Mummy 