Hospital Pharmacy vs Doctors Pharmacy
I seem to spend a lot of time on here complaining in some way about the care I am receiving so I feel the need to caveat it slightly. I fully understand that the NHS is under a lot of…
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Crohns and Colitis UK
An incidental one really for anyone that might be looking for some support with either Crohns or Ulcerative Colitis. When I got diagnosed, as I have already said I spent a lot of time looking for information about Ulcerative Colitis.…
Getting focused with Fatboy Fitness
A bit of shameless plugging going on for this one but it does make sense for me to talk about it as it is going to be a part of my life and hopefully help me on my journey as…
Highway to Healthy – (2) Nutrition
Another in the “Roadmap to Recovery” series comes with a focus on Nutrition! While it was made explicitly clear to me in hospital that Ulcerative Colitis had not started because of a poor diet and wouldn’t be made any worse…
Camping
Last year, Jordan and I bought a very fancy tent. It is Hi-Gear, 8 man tent and I personally believe is beautiful. October 2019 we went on our first camping holiday in our new tent, we spent one night at…
Reset!
So I have been having bit of a tough time with this whole Ulcerative Colitis thing recently. I have felt hard done by and proper moody about the whole thing and generally feeling a bit down and rubbish. Not that…
Music I’m listening to!
So I have had a lot of time to listen to a lot of Spotify and I came across the artist Chris James on there (I think he was in my suggested ones because I listened to a rock playlist…
Website Revamp!
Ta Da! Welcome to the new look website. Jordan and I had a mad moment and decided we fancied a redesign on the website and so that is exactly what we did! Take a look around, we’ve added some pages,…
Medication changes
So as I wrote about, I have had a number of medications relating to my Ulcerative Colitis. When I came out of hospital I was on steroids (Prednisone) and an immunosuppressant (Ciclosporin). As my steroids decreased, I was then put…
Return to Rugby!
Rugby is back! And boy am I happy to see it. Due to COVID 19 we didn’t manage to finish our season which was both a relief and devastating. The league had not gone to plan and we have been…