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Autumn Clothing Haul

November 6, 2017 thespooniemummy

Thought I would share some of my recent clothing purchases with you as I get ready for the Autumn and the drop in temperature! After

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So you may know I'm studying for my psychology degree part time with the @theopenuniversity My aim is to become a psychotherapist and work with people diagnosed with chronic illnesses, supporting their mental health. It's an area which often severely impacts on the life of a Spoonie, but isn't placed very highly on the list of priorities for the medical profession who tend to focus on our physical symptoms. I'm over half way through my degree and loving it. I've also studied various other at home courses that are counseling related. I know however, my own experience will be what helps inform my practice the most. To that end - be prepared for more mental health topics cropping up on the blog and social media next year. I thought I'd have to wait for my degree to be finished, but then I plan to soy Masters, and in fact, learning will never end for me. So I'm starting on my journey now, because I want to help as many people as I can.

Good Days VS Bad Days This is a repost from a couple of years ago but I thought it was worth a reshare for #crohnsandcolitisawarenessweek ********** With (multiple) chronic illnesses like me, you learn to really appreciate the good days. Take joy in everything you achieve, even if that's getting dressed, putting on some makeup, not feeling too sick from medication or not taking a nap all day. This is daily life for me and many others with IBD. You wake up not knowing whether it will be good or bad, whether you can do what you planned, if you will even be able to get downstairs. I don't want sympathy, I just want people to understand what life is like for those with chronic and invisible illnesses. Just because you don't see it, doesn't mean we don't suffer.

Good morning, happy hump day! I have a new post up this morning and am really pleased to have been able to collaborate with the beautiful @ibdwarriorprincess about eating with an ostomy. We both have ostomies but wanted to show how different our approach and diets are. So many struggle and worry about what they can and can't eat following surgery and the truth is - everyone is different! Hopefully a read of both of our posts will help you understand this and get some useful tips! Link as always is in the bio!

Ad | Gifted Check out what we got up to with the latest delivery from @zimplikids - link in bio

Woman down! Have been up and down all night with a very active ostomy pumping out water output at a rate of knots. Throughout the night my throat has got sorer and sorer until at four AM I was digging out strepsils and meds. Woken up with a very little voice and it's very sore and swollen 😪 Ho ho oh!

Well we managed to wrap all the kids pressies this afternoon! I've got some uni work done today too and am now tucked up in bed with sweeties and my sewing ready to watch some more #fearthewalkingdead Anybody else almost ready for Christmas?

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The Difference Between Diagnosis As A Child And As An Adult for Colitis To Ostomy

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