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My Post Operation Experience – recuperating at home and what life is like now
Posted on December 19, 2018 Leave a Comment
I can’t believe it has taken me so long to write this blog. The last year has just whizzed by in the blink of an eye. I had thought I had already written and posted this blog until somebody got in touch to ask if I could write about my post-operative experience. If you haven’t […]
Staying Gluten Free and Dairy Free in Italy
Posted on November 1, 2017 Leave a Comment
When people think of Italy one of the first things they probably think of (after Rome, Venice, Florence etc) is the food. If you are like me and have to be mindful of what you eat (especially gluten and dairy) you might be a bit apprehensive about travelling to and eating out in Italy – […]
Health Update: Why I Elected For Surgery
Posted on May 12, 2017 Leave a Comment
Wow, it’s been a while since I wrote a post and a lot has happened in the last few months including bowel resection surgery for my Crohn’s. I wanted to do a post about why I chose to have the surgery as it definitely wasn’t an easy decision to make. Last year I wrote about […]
Posted on February 13, 2017 Leave a Comment
I went to Clear Passage with a number of issues – strictures from Crohn’s, lack of periods, low nutritional absorption, SIBO, fatigue, leg ache etc. My main reason for going though was to avoid major surgery for strictures. Now that the therapy is over and I’ve been doing the home programme for about six months, […]
Recipe: Carrot Cake Porridge (Grain-free, Gluten-free, Dairy-free, Nut-free, AIP, Paleo, Vegan)
Posted on November 4, 2016 Leave a Comment
Normally I have meat or fish and veggies for breakfast these days but with the change of season I found myself craving warming oaty porridge. I used to love porridge and could easily have had it morning, noon and night (I kid you not!!) with lashings of milk and spoons of sugar (I was a […]
My Experience With Clear Passage – Part 2
Posted on August 28, 2016 1 Comment
In this blog I’m going to talk about the therapy itself and what’s been happening since I finished the therapy two weeks ago. THERAPY I was pretty nervous ahead of my first session but once I met my therapist I felt so much more at ease as she was such a warm and welcoming person. […]
My Experience With Clear Passage – Part 1
Posted on August 28, 2016 1 Comment
In my previous blog post I talked about why I went to a Clear Passage clinic for my Crohn’s disease. In this post and the next I thought I’d talk about my experience of dealing with the clinic, the therapy itself and how I’ve been getting on post therapy. It’s pretty long which is why […]
Health Update: Why I Attended A Clear Passage Clinic for my Crohn’s Disease
Posted on August 21, 2016 1 Comment
I rarely go into too much detail on the blog about my current state of health but a lot has happened this year so thought it was worth a post or two. I’ve suffered with my stomach since I was in my teens. Told that it was ‘probably just IBS’ I put up with the […]
Staying Healthy in Vegas
Posted on June 28, 2016 Leave a Comment
I’m recently back from a vacation in the U.S. (a week in Vegas followed by a road trip through Death Valley and Yosemite to Monterey, Big Sur, Santa Barbara and LA and finally back to Vegas). While I’m following a combination of different diets for my Crohn’s disease (Autoimmune Paleo / Specific Carbohydrate Diet / […]
9 Things Having Crohn’s Disease Has Taught Me
Posted on February 20, 2016 Leave a Comment
1 Health is a journey not a destination While some people go into remission for years and say ‘I’m cured’, I personally don’t think you can ever say you are ‘cured’ of a chronic condition. I like to see health as more of a continuous journey than a particular destination (i.e. cured). When reaching a […]
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