Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford | Patient Advocacy

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Author: Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

18th Dec 20191st Nov 2023 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Feeling lonely is more normal than you think

18th Dec 201928th Mar 2023 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Fittleworth Medical introduce "Patient blogs" ~ by me

2nd Dec 201927th Mar 2023 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Frustrations of an Invisible Illness

1st Dec 201927th Mar 2023 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

7 blogs for 7 days – Crohn’s & Colitis Awareness Week

25th Nov 201928th Mar 2023 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

“At least it’s not cancer”

20th Nov 201927th Mar 2023 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Balancing work, IBD and an ostomy

11th Nov 201927th Mar 2023 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Too sick to be social

2nd Nov 201927th Mar 2023 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Celebrating my achievements since stoma surgery!

25th Sep 201927th Mar 2023 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

The extra-intestinal manifestations of ulcerative colitis

7th Sep 201927th Mar 2023 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Responding to negativity in the IBD community

28th Aug 201928th Mar 2023 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Trio Ostomy Care | Meet Sahara

19th Aug 201927th Mar 2023 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

I’d prefer reality to “sugar coating” shit

2nd Aug 201928th Mar 2023 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Tut Tut, Butlin's!

30th Jul 201927th Mar 2023 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

My stoma favourites – Adhesive remover & barrier wipes

25th Jul 201927th Mar 2023 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

It’s official – I’m a writer now!

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My #ADHD diagnosis was one week today, and while I’ve spent that time processing, a few things are starting to click into place. It’s a big piece of the puzzle. For a long time, #ChronicPain and #PTSD have been viewed as two VERY separate battles, but some recent research confirms a deep link. My latest blog post, The PTSD and pain link: What the research says, explores how medical trauma from emergency surgeries, hospital stays, or not being believed actually changes our nervous system - link in bio. Since finishing my #reiki training last month, I’ve been following my morning yoga practice with a "strengthening my light" meditation and some mini self-reiki. It’s been a lovely addition to the routine, but it turns out I was much more tired than I realised this morning. 😂 Yikes! 🙈 Spring must be on its way because I was out of the house today, without a hat! ☀️ The increase in people diagnosed with #ADHD in recent years made it impossible not to learn about it, just "in passing". Plus, some people around me have a keen interest in neurodivergence, too. It's not a rabbit hole I went down, but the more second-hand thing's I've learnt, the more I began to wonder whether it could be me. Then I wondered whether everyone thinks that about themselves? If you've ever looked at a restaurant menu and felt like you were staring at a list of potential landmines, you aren't being "difficult". I'm sharing how new research validates the food fear so many of us in the #IBD community live with for #EatingDisordersAwarenessWeek. SOME surgeries can impact fertility, but finding the facts and figures for your specific surgery can be difficult 🤯 It took me seven years after my #UlcerativeColitis diagnosis to finally talk about the emergency surgery, the sepsis, and the complications that followed. When I started sharing in 2014, I was doing it from a place of anger because I was tired of being misjudged. At the time, I didn't have the language for the grief I was carrying, and even the word "feelings" made me cringe. Not much of a roasting 😂😂 I'd love that! 🌿 Grief is a word we usually associate with losing someone, but when you are diagnosed with a lifelong #ChronicIllness, you are grieving too. You are grieving the loss of your healthy self, the person you were in your best memories, and the future you thought you would have. Don't worry, I haven't gone to the "dark side" 🙈
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