New Year, No Resolutions
New Year, No Resolutions Hello, my lovely Pelican readers & a Happy New Year to you all. Admittedly, I’m sure a lot of us aren’t feeling the word “happy” in that first sentence with the struggle of 2020 and now being back in lockdown in 2021 wondering when it’s all…
Read more >Stoma Life: 5 Female Festive Fashion Tips
Stoma Life: 5 Female Festive Fashion Tips Whether a well-rehearsed “ostomate” or if you’re new to the stoma world, fashion can definitely be one of those daunting things. Throw that in with a global pandemic, the rest of your life to navigate with a stoma & Christmas time, it’s no…
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 >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 >Stoma Struggles & University
Stoma Struggles & University Starting college or university can be a daunting time for anyone. Leaving home, meeting new people and having to make small talk can be quite nerve-wracking. Throw in living with a chronic illness, a disability or mental health issues and these worries are much worse. That…
Read more >De-bagging Stoma Myths
De-bagging Stoma Myths Over on my Instagram, I decided to run a “Stoma Myths” week to de-bag some stoma myths with the help of some inspirational people within the stoma community. I thought it would be great to translate the myths over to a blog format to allow those of…
Read more >Is Dating Harder With an Ostomy?
Is Dating Harder With an Ostomy? Scrolling through my newsfeed the other day and an article peaked my attention. This was the said article. The letter writer says: “???????? ???????????? ???????????????????? ???????????????? ???????? ???????????????? ???????? ???????????????????? ???????????? ????????????????????’???? ????????????????????????????. ???????? ???????????? ???????? ???????????????????????? ???????????? — ???????? ???????????? ???????? ???????????????????????? ????…
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