Tag: ileostomy
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The Hospital Diaries Day 2 – Tuesday
I 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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January Challenge
Good morning and happy new year! Who else is so ready for 2019? I am definitely hoping for lots more positive and happy experiences this year and am ready to get working for them. December Challenge I am pleased to say I completed my Instagram photo challenge last month and am rather pleased with my…
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Ordering Stoma Supplies
I recently saw a post on Facebook with a lady saying she had finally got around to sorting and organising her stoma supplies. Unfortunately, it wasn’t the tidiness that caught my eye – but the sheer amount of products she had stockpiled. Me and Ste both have ostomies and have nowhere near that amount and…
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Top 5 Hydration Tips
Hello Monday and happy new week! Sorry I have been MIA but what a couple of weeks! Unfortunately Ste has been taken into hospital with a line infection. I also picked up the boys on Friday 13th for the first two weeks of the Summer holidays so have been busy keeping them entertained. Last week…
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Guest Post – Zero To Ileo In 4 Months
Good morning and happy Monday! I am delighted to share a guest post from the lovely Julie today. Julie looked after me when I was last in hospital for my knee which had locked again. We got chatting as she saw I had a stoma and she told me about her husband who had just…
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Ostomy 101 – The Colour Poo
WARNING – This post will contain photos of stoma output for reference “No Natalie, you are not haemorrhaging internally, dying or suffering from some sort of tropical disease – you ate beetroot didn’t you?” Living with IBD you get used to inspecting your poo and it really doesn’t faze you to do it and then…
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Ten Top Tips To Prepare For Ostomy Surgery
I got a whole day to get my head around the idea of having an ileostomy, many people don’t get even get that long, as it is often performed during emergency surgery. For some however, the surgery is scheduled and they have some time to prepare. Physically, this can be a blessing with more time…
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Super Smoothies?
I’ve been trying to up my fruit and vegetable intake recently. Anyone with Crohns/an ileostomy will know this can be tricky as many are off limits for different reasons – too much fibre, skins have to be removed, blockage causers – the list goes on. One way I have started to get more of the…
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The Spoonie Mummy 