Body Image With a Stoma
Body Image With a Stoma With the weather getting warmer recently (although I now don’t know where the sun is hiding), body image is something that starts to spring to a lot of people’s minds, including myself. Naturally, even before my stoma, how I would look when more of my…
Read more >Feeling Body Confident in a Swimsuit
Feeling Body Confident in a Swimsuit Happy June my beautiful Pelican friends, I have one thing to say…EVERYBODY IS A SWIMSUIT BODY! Yes, that’s right, everybody, not just the women you see in swimwear adverts, you do too. This is an important topic for me to touch on because the…
Read more >The Summer Stoma Accessory: Deo-Mint Deodorant
The Summer Stoma Accessory: Deo-Mint Deodorant You have had stoma surgery, you are recovering, yet no one warned you about that smell. Post-op recovery and you’re wondering how on earth you are ever going to get over that smell! Don’t panic and please don’t fret, the smell (that smell) does…
Read more >The Mental Health Benefits of Exercise
The Mental Health Benefits of Exercise Many studies have shown that exercise can provide both our physical and mental health with many benefits. Of course, exercising with a chronic illness such as Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) can be tough & it can very much be about celebrating the “little wins”…
Read more >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 >Benefits During Covid-19
Benefits During Covid-19 I keep getting repeated requests for advice as to what benefits can and can’t be claimed for both during the lockdown and for those who are sometimes unable to work due to the nature of surgery or consequent illness. Back in 2012, I was claiming both DLA…
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 >History of Stoma Care and Appliances
History of Stoma Care and Appliances Read part 1 here After writing a blog post titled the history of the stoma. For many of us we most likely take the one-piece or two piece system we use today for granted. I know myself, I have not sat and thought I…
Read more >History Behind the Stoma
History Behind the Stoma Sat down as I do and having the thought, Is there a history behind the stoma? Which person sat down one evening and thought, I know, what if I pull your insides to the outside, this could potentially save a life or improve the quality of…
Read more >Stomas & Stomach Aches – Managing Stress & Ibd
Stomas & Stomach Aches – Managing Stress & Ibd Stress & IBD April is Stress Awareness Month, and unfortunately from knowing of others’ experience with IBD, as well as my own, stress is something that can, and does, impact Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) hugely. The two can go hand in…
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