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. At the hospital I was signposted to Crohns and Colitis UK and I was not disappointed. The website is really informative about what both of the conditions are, and uses lots of language that is easy to understand. While this may seem juvenile, the last thing I needed while in…

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 well.  Since I started blogging, Jordan wanted in on the action and so has started his own blog called Fatboy Fitness. Go and take a look here – fatboyfitness.co.uk . I will let you explore but I am sure you can gather from the name it is about his fitness…

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 by a poor diet, it was also made clear to me that there would be some foods that my body would now find difficult to process. From this we decided to look for a Nutritionist who had experience in treating Inflammatory Bowel Disease.  We picked a nutritionist from Norwich called…