Vitamins and Nutrients
After many weeks feeling like absolute poop (excuse the pun), extreme tiredness and all of those fun things started to hit me and I just had to get it all checked out. The Nutritionist had me do the Thriva Blood…
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Gunna Party like…
If you know the song then let me tell you I am probably currently singing it very loudly around my house 🙂 because…. ITS MY BIRTHDAY! GUNNA PARTY LIKE ITS MY BIRTHDAY. Although I’m kind of not because we’re in…
Spa Day!
Something that Mum and I threaten and rarely seem to manage is to go on a spa day together BUT with me being off work and Mum being recently retired we managed to jump in between the lockdowns and go…
IT’S CHRISTMAS
As the title suggests; IT’S CHRISTMAS! So, for one day and one day only a break from all things IBD and poo related and I simply want to write a post to say thanks. Thank you for reading if you…
Toilet Blockage
So this is one of the worst things that has happened and TECHNICALLY happened before I was diagnosed but it is definitely IBD related. We have a toilet downstairs in our house and a couple of months ago it got…
Counselling
My diagnosis of Ulcerative Colitis was a bit of a major moment for me. I had plans to go into the police (as I have spoken about) and all of this changed pretty quickly. I was left in hospital for…
Toodlepip Ciclosporin
AHHH so exciting!! I am FINALLY off Ciclosporin. After being on my Adalimumab injections for a minimum of 8 weeks (4 injections, though I think I ended up doing 5) I spoke with the IBD Team and asked when I…
Injection Time!
So having come off Azathioprine (the Night of Itchiness), I still needed to go on another medication to keep the Ulcerative Colitis stable. You can’t stay on Ciclosporin forever, so although this worked for me, I needed something else. There…
Socialising with IBD
Socialising with IBD was always something that I felt a little stressed by. When I was in the hospital I was told I probably wouldn’t be able to drink much anymore and I would likely need to change what I…
I’m Back!
Huge apologies, life got hectic. Between work, home and getting ready for christmas, along with another lockdown and all the other things that have been going on, I dropped off the radar and that is a little bit pants. The…