Managing stoma life over the festive period
Managing stoma life over the festive period… It’s December already, and with December comes all the Christmas celebrations and festivities, but also pressure and sometimes unwanted feelings of anxiety, especially when living with a stoma, last year was my first with stoma so I’m going to share a few bits…
Read more >Living with a stoma during winter
Living with a stoma during winter Hey Pelican Readers! I write this blog in mid-winter and wanted to share with you my experience of how I manage living with a stoma during the winter period and what I do to help look after myself and Wilson (my Stoma’s name for…
Read more >The Benefits of a Quiet Christmas
The Benefits of a Quiet Christmas Christmas is fast approaching, a normal Christmas is out of the ordinary this year. For those of us with children, co-parenting and juggling is always a balancing act. I can not actually remember the last time I had a “ Christmas at home”. When…
Read more >Christmas Dinner With Crohn’s Disease
Christmas Dinner With Crohn’s Disease Merry Christmas my Beautiful Who’s, Are you all as excited as I am for Christmas this year? I am slightly gutted that I will not be able to celebrate with the whole family, I spent two years in a row in hospital on Christmas Day…
Read more >Festive Baking with Louise | Christmas Cinnamon Thins
Festive Baking with Louise | Christmas Cinnamon Thins It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. We have the annual ‘let’s not poison my daughter’s teachers and support staff’ presents. When she has 3 teachers and 2 support staff it tends to get a little costly to purchase presents. So…
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 >A Guide to Surviving Christmas Dinner with a Stoma
Christmas is almost here. December is a month of indulgence and eating things you wouldn’t usually any other time of the year. Having had Crohn’s disease for nigh on 20 years and a stoma for those for nearly 6 years, I can be honest and say December fills me with a serious amount of anxiety regarding food choices.
Read more >Going out over the Christmas Period
Going out over the festive period can involve immense planning, a strict rota and many outfit changes. Not to forget having to perhaps accommodate your stoma with outfit choices and keeping a spare stoma kit to hand for the just-in-case moments.
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