Thai Green Curry
This will be a short post. I am never eating Thai Green Curry again. I had Thai Green Curry the night before I got ill. It was all cooked properly etc etc but I currently associate Thai Green Curry with…
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#iamenough
I have recently been a little bit absent from my blog, for no other reason than being super busy but in my world, there has been one issue which has caused me to sit and write for a little bit…
Employment – update!
So, as I wrote about earlier, about halfway through my hospital stays I became unemployed from a set of circumstances that were entirely beyond my control. In my head in fact, 2020 was going to be this wonderful year where…
Managing a mini-flare up
As with all things, recovery is never a simple process and the road is never a straight one. In the course of learning more about Ulcerative Colitis I have had a couple of what I call mini-flare ups. Generally this…
Replay Sports Therapy
I have been working with Replay Sports Clinic for a few years now and they usually are fixing me after various rugby injuries. After a major ankle injury in 2015 I went to them to try and get my ankle…
Highway to Healthy – (1)
As you have hopefully gathered, I did a lot of research about Ulcerative Colitis when I was in the hospital (I had nothing but time) and I came to the realisation that recovery was going to be about so much…
Treats, Treats and More Treats
When I came out of hospital I felt pretty down on my luck, I was grumpy with the world and I wanted cheering up. I will admit that at this point I went on a bit of a spending spree…
Return to work… well part time anyway
Now life obviously got complicated in regards to employment. I had quit my very comfortable job at the school in order to join the police and then I was hospitalised and diagnosed. This majorly changed my plans. When I came…
Ups and Downs
So I always said that this blog was going to be about me being real with everyone that read it and I know that I have always claimed positivity is key however I am also going to be honest and…
When you are feeling vulnerable
I am going to write this as covertly as possible to avoid getting anyone into trouble. When I came home from hospital the second time, life was absolutely great. The medication was working (even if it did smell funny and…