Festive Baking with Louise | Gingerbread Snap Biscuits
Festive Baking with Louise | Gingerbread Snap Biscuits The kids love gingerbread men, they also love my ginger biscuits, they turn rather feral over these and I have to hide some for myself as they will literally eat them in once sitting if I let them. When these are cooking…
Read more >Festive Baking with Louise | Homemade Custard Cream Biscuits
Festive Baking with Louise | Homemade Custard Cream Biscuits GBBO is on the telly, the irony being we have watched a fair amount of it whilst in lockdown. Trying to keep the kids entertained whilst being unable to take them out unless it is for the allocated hour. My daughter…
Read more >Crohn’s & Colitis Awareness Week
Crohn’s & Colitis Awareness Week This week is Crohn’s and Ulcerative colitis awareness week. This is something that is close to my heart and a time I have celebrated for nearly 20 years. A little insight to me: I am 35 years old, on the outside with clothes and makeup…
Read more >Thursday 26th November: National Cake Day 2020 (USA) – Why my diet is a piece of cake compared to before my stoma.
Thursday 26th November: National Cake Day 2020 (USA) – Why my diet is a piece of cake compared to before my stoma. Nausea, pain, diarrhoea were three of my frequent Crohn’s symptoms which led me to having no appetite for most of my life before my stoma, aged 19. Before my…
Read more >Self-Care During Lockdown
Self-Care During Lockdown Hey, my beautiful Pelican Lovers, hope you’re staying safe as we are yet again in another national lockdown. So last month on my Instagram I asked you what you wanted me to write about, the replies included some really amazing topics and I can’t wait to share…
Read more >Is There a Right or Wrong Way of Emptying Your Stoma Bag?
Is There a Right or Wrong Way of Emptying Your Stoma Bag? Myself being ever so curious & nosy I posted up polls across my handles at the beginning of March and left them to run for a week or so. Along with responding to everyone’s comments. I have to…
Read more >Happy 4 Years to Stoma Life & CrohnsFighting
Happy 4 Years to Stoma Life & CrohnsFighting Thinking back to 4 years ago, I had just started my CrohnsFighting account to document the second set of stoma surgery I was having to help my recovery and acceptance of having life-changing surgery that was hopefully fingers crossed going to change…
Read more >Q&A With Louise: Common Stoma Surgery Questions
Q&A With Louise: Common Stoma Surgery Questions As part of my accounts, I regularly get messages or questions on my posts or on a blog post that has gone live. I thought once a month I can either write a blog post and make a video answering some of the…
Read more >Weight Gain After Stoma Surgery
Weight Gain After Stoma Surgery I recently posted a Wayback Wednesday post on Instagram & Facebook. I got a fair few comments stating that this was not openly talked about and they were not made aware that this would happen after surgery. We have also had the added lockdown and…
Read more >Fashion Options to Accommodate Scars & Stomas
Fashion Options to Accommodate Scars & Stomas Happy HALLOWEEN, my gorgeous Pelican lovers, Hope you’re doing okay? It’s Halloween, one of my favourite times of the year. I am gutted we can’t do much this year though, last year I dressed up as a character from Mortal Kombat and had…
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