In all my years of having Crohn’s disease and having a stoma, I never once thought about whether I should wear something to tell others about my condition in case of an emergency. On my iPhone I have the Medical ID information, but what if I don’t have my phone Read more…
As I’ve mentioned before in my vlogs on YouTube, after 6 years of having two ostomy bags, I had a second surgery in May 2016 to go down to just one colostomy bag. At first, all was well but my Crohn’s disease flared up a few weeks afterwards, and they Read more…
Osto-be or not to be? (…get it?!) Well, yesterday I was so sure of my decision to request a permanent ileostomy… until I spoke to my surgeon. Heh. After a nice long chat, we’ve decided to close the ileostomy and re-connect my small intestine to my colon, turning the mucous fistula Read more…
Is it weird that I’m excited about the prospect of a permanent ileostomy? Well, I am! And I get to discuss that option tomorrow with my surgeon, which I’ve been looking forward to for quite a while now. My Current Situation I’ve had two stomas – an ileostomy and a Read more…
December is always a busy time of the year, especially with Christmas knocking on every bloomin’ door on that advent calendar. However, the first couple of weeks of December this year have been incredibly busier than usual, for three big reasons: It was Crohn’s & Colitis Awareness Week I was Read more…
1-7 December was Crohn’s & Colitis Awareness Week across the globe, and the guys at Crohn’s & Colitis UK encouraged everyone to share their story of what it is really like to live with inflammatory bowel disease every day, both good and bad days. They also asked people to donate Read more…
Scars WARNING: GRAPHIC PICTURES BELOW Scars can be metaphorical as well as physical. They can be the events in your life that shape the person you are and can change your perspective on things. In my case, I have both emotional scars and physical scars from my experience with Crohn’s Read more…
Today is World Ostomy Day and this year’s theme is ‘Many Stories, One Voice’. Because of that, I wanted to share with you my Top Five Most Memorable Ostomy Moments from the last five years and seven months of living with two stomas. There have been good times and bad Read more…
A while back, I was contacted by a chap called Seb Tucknott telling me all about a website he had launched. He asked if I wanted to have a look at it and give him my thoughts. So I had a look at the links he sent me, and as Read more…
This last week, I’ve really been feeling the love from the IBD community, for two main reasons: Firstly, my YouTube channel trailer was featured on the Crohn’s & Colitis Facebook page and it got over 1300 likes and nearly 200 shares and over a staggering 35,000 views over there! Then, to complete Read more…
For today’s Ostomonday, I created a new trailer for my YouTube channel, showing my health story (so far)! During my teens, I was rather overweight. At university, I started losing a lot of weight, and getting severe abdominal pains. After university, it got a hell of a lot worse… WATCH NOW: Read more…
If you saw my blog post yesterday, you’ll know that I pride myself on not just being someone with Crohn’s disease and ostomy bags, but being someone who enjoys all aspects of my life. Brett Kobie of This Is MedTech wrote an article about me, and highlights how the way Read more…
Oh deary me. I may have accidentally obliterated a chinese takeaway and a KFC this weekend. It wasn’t just me, of course. Chris was there too. But he’s not the one trying to slim down to fit into a wedding dress, is he? Well… I hope not, at least. That’ll Read more…
BBC Newsbeat has decided to raise awareness of Crohn’s disease. Which is fantastic, we need the public to know everything about Crohn’s disease, to help people spot the symptoms and to find support within the IBD community. It’s great… apart from the fact that their way of ‘raising Read more…
Today is World IBD Day, and so I wanted to share my story. If you’ve been to my site before, you’ve probably already read this, but if not, then read about it here. The IBD Questions Tag I decided to do an “IBD Questions” tag on YouTube but I’ll Read more…