So I have already done one blog that’s kind of about the ‘woes’ of having a stoma for me, but this is one of the other major problems that I ended up having. As I probably talked about before, I had a major recovery from the wound created by the surgery. I had a major wound in my belly button, which was all sorts of nasty and took a while to recover from. I now have a rather large scar in my belly button and I thought that this was…
No-one ever said that this journey was going to be the easiest thing that I have ever done and I have come up against struggles that I never thought I was going to go through in my life. One bane of my life currently is an apparent issue in the supply chain between the providers of my stoma bags and them getting to me. I use Fittleworth who talk to my doctors (supposedly) to sort out my monthly order of stoma bags, adhesive remover, black bags and dry wipes and…
As previously mentioned, in September I promoted to become a Personal Tutor to two children that I work with. It is effectively a key worker role and it was a very tough job to be able to do. In December the opportunity came up to interview for a promotion to Deputy Care Manager (DCM) within the same home that I work in. I have always been someone to push myself and want to achieve everything right here, right now. I like to feel like I am moving my way up…