Hey Crohnies! I hope you’ve had a lovely weekend and your new week is full of opportunities to make you happy. I’ve decided I want to do an outfit review every week to show you everything I find comfy and stylish but also works with my ostomy and is really comfortable. I know I’m a… More Ostomy Style – Outfits of the Week January 1-15th
Hey Crohnies! I hope you’re all having a wonderful week and wrapping yourself up for this cold weather, it’s peak cold and flu season so do everything you can to avoid it. I’m posting today because I’ve had so much trouble getting makeup pale enough to match my skin tone as it’s extremely transparent and… More My Top 4 Foundations for Super Pale Skin
Hello and happy new year Crohnies! I hope you all had a wonderful festive season and are starting 2018 as healthily as possible. I personally entered the year with a really horrible case of gastroenteritis that meant I had to cancel a trip to Krakow which no one wants! Thankfully I’m much better now, but… More Hello 2018! Life Update… New Website & More Surgery?
Hey Crohnies! Happy August! (I can’t believe I’m typing that because it feels like it was only yesterday I got my Proctectomy and now it’s 7 months later.) Due to my nomination for Arts And Culture Champion at the West Dunbartonshire Provost Awards last year where I won my category and Citizen of the Year… More I Went To A Royal Garden Party Wearing A £13 Dress!
Dear Chronic Illness, So many people must expect me to be pretty angry with you. It’s easy to think of all the things you have stopped me doing like being too sick to go to school so I didn’t get the grades to be the doctor I always wanted to be or the ability to… More Celebrate The Little Things… An Open Letter To My Chronic Illness
Hey Crohnies and Lucky Coiners, I’m now more than 3 weeks after my proctectomy surgery and I’ve had a lot of people asking how I’m getting on because I’ve not been up and about and I’m still struggling a lot with pain and a few complications so I thought I’d try my best to explain… More Post Surgery Complications… (warning: graphic photo)
Hey Crohnies and Lucky Coiners, Not posted in a few weeks because I’ve been away having surgery to have my proctectomy, some of you might not know what that is so I’ll explain it a bit more. Basically 2 years ago after I had the majority of my large intestine removed I started bleeding from… More What I’ve Learned Since Having A Proctectomy
Hey Crohnies and Lucky Coiners, If any of you have been following my blog posts for the last few years you’ll know I celebrated my second stomaversary on the 12th of December so I thought that I’d let you guys know what it’s actually like to have an ileostomy for those of you who don’t… More What Have I Learned From Having An Ostomy?
Hey Crohnies and Lucky Coiners and a very happy new year to you all! I hope you all had a great festive period and have enjoyed all of the great parts of the season without any of my spoonie friends suffering through it. It’s hard to find the balance between enjoyment and being sensible and… More A Little Bit of Everything to Start 2017!
Hey Crohnies and Lucky Coiners! I’ve got so many different purchases I’ve made recently and this week I’ll be making a blog and vlog about what actually happens during the IVF process since I’m finally starting hormones tomorrow… a lot depends on certain times of the month (not going into detail so I don’t ramble… More What Have I Bought Recently? Winter Primark Haul and Half Price Trainers!