PIP Assessment | What Is It & How Can You Benefit?
PIP Assessment | What Is It & How Can You Benefit? *This blog post is intended to give advice to ostomates, with the information given based on Louise’s personal experience. Pelican Healthcare is a supplier of Ostomy products and is unable to advise on PIP applications. To find out further…
Read more >Stoma Update | Dealing With a Flare-up
Stoma Update | Dealing With a Flare-up It’s no surprise that my body hates me and occasionally it likes to come back and remind me that I am human and that chronic illness doesn’t just go away and it is constantly ticking away finding a way to come back and…
Read more >World IBD Day | The Highs & Lows
World IBD Day | The Highs & Lows Happy World IBD Day My Beautiful Pelican Lovers, I hope you are all doing okay this month and following some of the tips I gave you for staying good in quarantine. I know how hard it is especially right now with the…
Read more >World IBD Day | Turning a Negative Experience Into a Positive
World IBD Day | Turning a Negative Experience Into a Positive Throughout my long journey with IBD, one thing that has been important to me is trying to turn a negative into a positive, where possible. Some days, quite understandably, this seems impossible & it is perfectly natural to feel…
Read more >World IBD Day | Acceptance, Appreciation & Awareness
World IBD Day | Acceptance, Appreciation & Awareness What does World IBD day mean to me? World IBD day allows those who suffer from Inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis to connect, share their stories and raise much-needed awareness. For me, World IBD Day means three…
Read more >World IBD Day | My Normal Living with IBD
World IBD Day | My Normal Living with IBD Choo Choo all aboard. Today is World IBD Day. This is something that is close to my heart and a day I have celebrated for nearly 20 years. A little insight into me: I am 34 years old, on the outside…
Read more >World IBD Day | What Does IBD Mean to You?
World IBD Day | What Does IBD Mean to You? Happy World IBD Day lovelies! Although IBD forms a large part of my day to day, when the wonderful people at Pelican asked me to write about this one, it really got me thinking… I struggled to collect my thoughts…
Read more >International Nurses Day 2020: Interviewing Two Amazing Bowel Disease Nurses
International Nurses Day 2020: Interviewing Two Amazing Bowel Disease Nurses Tuesday 12th May is International Nurses Day, which also marks the birth of Florence Nightingale in 1820. During the Crimean War, she was put in charge of the nursing for both British and allied soldiers in Turkey. Brittanica.com explains how…
Read more >SCN Care During Lockdown
SCN Care During Lockdown It comes as no surprise that the UK is in complete lockdown at the moment. GP surgeries have closed doors. Telephone appointments are now an important part of receiving treatment. I know that today from personal experience that going into the surgery involves being guided in,…
Read more >Tips for Keeping a Schedule During Self-Isolation
Tips for Keeping a Schedule During Self-Isolation Hello, My Fellow Isolation Gang, schedule I hope you’re doing okay and keeping safe during this difficult time. I completely get how everybody’s emotions are all over the place right now and our anxiety and mental health is taking control and that’s okay,…
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