Tag: ostomy
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World Ostomy Day 2019 – 10 Things You Didn’t Realise About #ostomylife
Happy Saturday ad happy World Ostomy Day 2019! In honour of the theme of today I thought I would share some interesting and fun facts about life with a stoma, which you may not have realised were a part of living with an ostomy! I thought this list would be something other ostomates could identify…
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Julie May Lingerie Review
Ad | Paid Collaboration Good morning and happy new week! I hope you all have a good one planned? I am always on the lookout for brands to work with that I think would be of interest to the people reading my blog. When I saw the Julie May advertisement, I was not only wowed…
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Me, My Bag and I – The Salts Healthcare Podcast
Good morning and happy new week! I have some exciting news to share with you all about a new podcast that launched this month from Salts Healthcare. Everyone who follows the blog will know I am a big fan of the Salts Confidence Be bags (see my review here) and I have been honoured to…
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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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The Hospital Diaries Day 6 & 7 – Saturday/Sunday
Weekends 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 3 – Wednesday
Today 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
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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The A to Z Of Stoma Products
When you first get an ostomy, the world of products available can be a very disorientating and intimidating place. Do I need a ring? What is a flange? I decided to put together a glossary type guide to let you know what everything is, and what may be available that could solve a problem you…
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The Spoonie Mummy 