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What Can An Access To Work Grant Pay For?

Trying to find your way through the world of employment while managing a disability or health condition is no small feat. You may have heard...

No colon, still rollin’ – My new wheels – Sunrise Medical Quickie Carbon Q50R

2024 has not been a good year for me health wise. Putting aside the usual ups and downs of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, having a perforated bowel,...

Working With Chronic Illness: Navigating a World That Wasn’t Made For Us

This post was inspired by a recent conversation with a dear friend. We were discussing the pressures of work and health, and I realised I...

My Mucus Fistula Journey: Day-to-day life

After my emergency stoma and ileostomy surgery in March 2024, I woke up with not one bag, but two. One is for my ileostomy and...

A new diagnosis – inflammatory enteropathic arthritis

Just as I had hoped things were going to settle down a little with my health after the turbulent year that has been 2024, I...

What should I expect when coming around from Stoma Surgery?

Whether your surgery is planned, or taking place as an emergency, there’s a million questions churning around in your mind about what to expect. Each...

Diet and food after stoma surgery

Something I get asked about a lot by others is how I have found food after stoma surgery. Everyones experience with diet and eating is...

Cooking with a Chronic Illness

I have to be honest, I find putting together and cooking food to be one of my biggest day-to-day challenges when it comes to having...

#GUTSelfie Day 2024 with Guts UK

The 30th June each year marks #GUTSelfie Day with Gut’s UK. This brilliant initiative brings much-needed awareness to gut diseases of all types – while...

13 Things You Might Be Able To Claim For As A Disabled Person In The UK

I know how exhausting it can be to know where to start when working out what you can claim for as a disabled person. I’ve...

Navigating a PIP claim: Should you apply? My tips and experience as someone with chronic illness

A question I get asked all the time as someone with chronic health issues is ‘is it worth making a claim for PIP?’.  Let me...