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 >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…
Read more >Saturday 3rd October 2020 – We celebrated #OstomyAwarenessDay!
Saturday 3rd October 2020 – We celebrated #OstomyAwarenessDay! Ostomy Awareness Day (also #WorldOstomyDay) is understandably something that means a lot to me & others. “Why did you celebrate World Ostomy Day?” It’s simple. I would not be here without my stoma. My stoma saved my life and I am so thankful…
Read more >Ostomy Fashion During the Colder Months
Ostomy Fashion During the Colder Months Ostomy fashion is becoming more and more relevant as time goes on. Both ladies and gentlemen are hunting for the perfect pair of jeans or something to hold and support their ostomy. This can be difficult to find on the high street unless you’re…
Read more >Dealing with Chronic Fatigue
Dealing with Chronic Fatigue There are times in our lives or my life when I hit a brick wall, that wall consists of headaches, feeling dizzy and an overwhelming need to sleep. For me it is something that I live with and deal with on a daily basis, this thing…
Read more >Hair Loss With a Chronic Illness
Hair Loss With a Chronic Illness This is not often discussed, I occasionally post about the subject in hand but in some ways, it is like a dirty little secret that I keep to myself. So hi, I’m Louise and I regularly suffer from hair loss, grow hair in places…
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