Tag: support
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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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CHRONIC ILLNESS AND LONELINESS
Ad | Paid Collaboration Well hello there Monday. Today I am working with the Chronic Warrior Collective and Chronic Illness Bloggers for my Mental Health Monday post. I have written before about loneliness but today I wanted to talk about it with a focus on the chronic illness community, and what the Chronic Warrior Collective…
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WHERE CAN I FIND SUPPORT FOR MY MENTAL HEALTH?
Knowing where to turn when you feel like you need support can be scary. It can also be mind boggling about where you start. Hopefully in this post, I can help you find access to what you need. The initial step is the hardest, but I can promise you, that the relief you feel once…
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12 Ways To Cope With Anxiety During Lockdown
As someone who suffers from anxiety, I can understand what others go through with this and if you are anything like me, the Covid-19 lockdown has had me on a bit of an emotional roller-coaster of late! I thought I would share some of my favourite ways of dealing with my anxiety, in the hope…
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Top Ten Tips To Help With Pancaking
Please note – this post talks about ostomy output (poo) and there are some photos showing it. Happy pancake day! This is one of my favourite days of the year – I love pancakes! Unfortunately, pancaking for an ostomate can mean something very different…. so I thought today was the perfect day to share some…
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Review – FootSoothers
Ad | Gifted | Affiliate Links Anyone with arthritis will know and been told by endless doctor’s and physios, about the importance of a good pair of shoes. Anyone with arthritis, especially at my age, will struggle to find anything remotely fashionable that will support their feet as per said doctors wishes. Anyone with arthritis…
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Grieving The ‘Old You’ – Dealing With A Chronic Illness Diagnosis
Good morning everybody. Today I wanted to share a post about how a chronic illness diagnosis can affect you. I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis aged 15 months, so have never known any different but my diagnosis with Crohn’s Disease came when I was 26. I found this was handled very badly by my gastro…
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Coping With Anxiety – Grounding Techniques
Anxiety is the feeling of unease, worry or fear. Everyone experiences anxiety during their lives – you may worry about taking an exam for example. But there are peopl who experience these symptoms daily and struggle to control them. Anxiety can take over a person’s life and be a constant struggle. Anxiety is common in…
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The Spoonie Mummy 