A Few Days Late

Since my last post I have literally not stopped! In terms of recovery that’s got to be a good thing, as I haven’t been stalled by fatigue (yet). However I’m acutely aware of the fact that I really must stop soon. So the next few days are dedicated rest and recuperation. I’ll be watching the Six Nations, watching Beanie play football, and going to my first session with the local Stoma Support Group. It’s called B.O.T’s, I like it, Bums on Tums, it’s a fun play with wording that’s very fitting for the group.

I’ve been looking forward to going along to this for a couple of months now, but for a number of different reasons haven’t been able to make it. So this month I’m going, and I cannot wait. It’s going to be an amazing opportunity to meet other people in similar situations to myself, and hear their experiences too. I feel like I’ll probably learn a lot, and also hopefully meet some lovely new faces from the community.

It’s strange how life works sometimes isn’t it? Sometime ago I contacted the person who runs the group, Emily. You may remember her from my post a few weeks back, she very kindly shared her story with me for the Blog. You can read Emily’s story here if you missed it. Anyway, what came about from that conversation, and subsequent since, is that we actually do the same job, for the same company, just on different projects 🤗, yet (up until recently) we had never met! Crazy isn’t it.

I’ve coped well with work this week, I managed two full days 8am-6pm, so I’m pleased. Today I have also been working, but in a different capacity, doing admin and planning for the coming Spring season for my husbands business. I’m tired, but not in an exhausted way, and it’s my hope that given the next few days rest I should be able to avoid that feeling.

My back has been a bit of a bother, I think we’ve nailed it now though. It seems to be a muscular thing, hot water bottles are really helping, but it’s worse when I sit for too long. We think it’s probably over compensation in the way I’m holding myself at times. So I’m doing plenty to try and avoid long periods of sitting, leaning or slouching to the left, and it seems to be helping (albeit I do look like a bit of a fidget bum from time to time. At least it’s some kind of bum hey 😂)!

A recommendation that has been mentioned to me over the past few weeks was to contact my GP regarding Dioralyte. This is something provided for the prevention of dehydration and a lot of people with ileostomies have them. I say ‘something’ because some people mention sachets that they mix into drinks, however others talk about actual physical drinks. Anyway the GP got back to me and is going to add them to my prescription, which I was extremely grateful for. It seems that whatever variety I’m getting, they are going to come in either blackcurrant or citrus flavour. I’m hoping this may help reduce the Lucozade Sport bill a little bit 😉, sorry Lucozade! I’ll update you with my feedback on them once I’ve had a chance to get a few in me.

It has also come to my realisation this afternoon, that it is Thursday…. And I’ve failed already at my weekly ‘Price Tag of IBD’ post 🫣. So my intention is to get it drafted up and ready for publication on Monday. Originally I had planned to cover ‘Hopelessness’ next, but I’ve had a change of heart. I think that more prevalent is ‘Anxiety’, so I’m going to delve into the challenging world of how IBD creates anxiety and the impacts it had on me and my circle. It will be a brutally honest window into the world of IBD and anxiety.

Catch up soon ❤️💪💪❤️