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 more than just taking the medication at the right time and not eating certain foods. I realised that I needed to look at this more holistically and there were likely to be a number of different elements that I needed to work on in order to get “better”. Interestingly in…

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 and got myself a few bits and pieces. Some of them are directly related to helping my recovery and building myself back up, but some of them were just because I fancied them and wanted to treat myself. I had a little bit of money in some savings to be…

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 out of hospital, I had an interview for another place of work within the first two weeks and managed to get the job! I was absolutely ecstatic. I would now be working as a residential care worker for the same company that Jordan works for. Very happy.  Now came the…