Tag: IBD
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Five Things I Wish I Was Told When I Was Diagnosed With IBD
Good morning and welcome to a new week! Blogtober is still rolling on and today I wanted to share a few bits of advice for those who may have been recently diagnosed with IBD. My own experience was pretty horrific. I was given zero support, advice and pretty much left to my own devices. I…
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Eating With An Ileostomy
Good morning! Today I am really excited to be collaborating with Amy from #StomaBags blog. We both have stomas and decided to work together on a post about eating with an ostomy, as so many worry about what they can and can’t eat following surgery. The list you get from your stoma nurse is not…
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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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Welcome To The Pregnancy Series – Getting Pregnant With Chronic Illnesses
So today I am really happy to launch my new series all about pregnancy and having kids when you have chronic illnesses. I put a shout out on social media a couple of months ago and received a great response , so alongside my information and story, I have a bunch of other ladies stories…
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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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9 Vitamins & Supplements I Use and Recommend
AD ] Post contains gifted items The week of March 11th sees the beginning of Nutrition and Hydration Week This week is an annual event which aims to highlight, promote and celebrate improvements in the provision of nutrition and hydration locally, nationally and globally. I have previously written posts about hydration as this is especially…
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The Spoonie Mummy 