Luckily I managed to rest all of Tuesday and sleep well during the night, despite going to bed feeling rather anxious that I would wake again with similar pains, but I tried my best to push these fears to a side, to try to avoid stressing myself out. I am pleased to be able to…
Hello again, it's been a while now, and damn do I have a story for you all. I genuinly wasn't expecting an experience like this. I bet you won't believe it either, because I barely do, but I promise you, everything that I am going to share with you is true.I'll start by saying it's…
4 years, wow.. to think that 4 years ago today I was saved. Stevie saved my life, gave me a second chance, gave me a new life. Sometimes when I think back I feel how surreal it all seems.. to think that ulcerative colitis nearly took my life.. a slow and painful death.. 4 years…
Hey there Everyone, it's Stevie here. Charlotte has been doing all the talking for coming up to four years soon, and you know what, I felt like it was time I got to have a say too, I've kept quiet for long enough now! As you know, I'm Stevie, Stevie the Stoma, and I was…
"How often do you change your bag?" I often get asked this question, and I can honestly say, I don't know. I use a drainable bag for my ileostomy, meaning I can empty it whenever I go to the toilet, which is what I do, or however often I want. How often I change my…
Today as I stood having a bagless shower I looked down at my stomach.. my brown stomach with a white circle on the right hand side between my bellybutton and hip bone. In the middle of this white circle is a red little rose..my little stoma.. I have only had my stoma for three and…
Have you ever fallen asleep on your side and then woken up several hours later and your hips ache? I have that, and I've not been on my hips. They ache, they hurt, they drain me.For years and years I have suffered from lower back and hip pains. This goes back way before I was…
Have you ever wondered what life with ulcerative colitis or crohns might be like? Aside from reading about it, and never totally being able to understand, because in all honesty, like they say "you don't get it, until you get it". However I wouldn't wish it upon even my worst enemy, but, I know one…
An update regarding my hair depressing/issue.. I have started washing my hair in very cold water, which after my second time I actually quite enjoyed. I do it the old fashioned way and wash my hair bent over forward so the water only gets on my head, then I wrap it up and jump in…
Today when I was brushing my hair, I started to reflect on the journey it has had. All throughout my childhood and early teens my hair was long and healthy. As a child and young teenager my hair went down below my bum, and my ponytail and plait was as thick as a half kilo…
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