After all my great plans that I am going to become the world’s best blogger (I mean not really but you get what I am saying), I have not managed to blog since May 1st. Lots of reasons for this and I guess that really the majority of them are pretty positive. Work has been quite intense. A lot of overtime and not a lot of rest periods. As people may know, the care industry is having a huge staffing issue in general and the home that I work at…
One activity that really gave me a big of a wake up call was the dreaded Race for Life. One of the young people wanted to complete a Race for Life in order to raise money in memory of her Nan. She lived with her Nan for a considerable period of time before coming into care and she had lost her Nan a few years prior. For her, this was a really important part of the grieving process, and she was so proud. I said to her that I would…
Having had surgery in February, I continued to be under the care of the Surgeons until November this year and in November I went for what was my final consultation with my surgeon. This was quite a nerve wracking appointment for me as I had been prepped that they would be looking for an answer as to what I wanted to do moving forward with my stoma. In this blog I will explain in brief what my options were presented as, and I will then write other blogs to describe…