Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford | Patient Advocacy

Inflammatory bowel disease, ostomy, chronic pain, PTSD, and mental wellbeing.

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2nd Jun 20187th Dec 2023 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

What people with IBD should know

19th Mar 201824th Mar 2023 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Why you SHOULD love the skin you're in

16th Mar 201824th Mar 2023 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Self-care series | What your body needs

23rd Feb 201824th Mar 2023 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

My mum on BBC Radio Derby, talking me, IBD and raising some awareness

22nd Feb 201824th Mar 2023 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Self-care series | Tracking your symptoms

31st Jan 201824th Mar 2023 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Self-care series | Know your body and when to contact your IBD team

3rd Jan 201824th Mar 2023 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Self-care series | Communicating with your healthcare team

10th Aug 201724th Mar 2023 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Influential people in the IBD community

29th Jun 201724th Mar 2023 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Hello again square one. I've been expecting you!

28th Jun 20173rd Feb 2026 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

When people that don’t understand IBD make statements about it

7th Jun 20179th Oct 2025 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Do you know how many of your health issues are actually IBD related?

31st May 201724th Mar 2023 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Join me on The IBD & Ostomy Show, Thursday 8th of June

15th May 201724th Mar 2023 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

The Mighty | Why We're Raising Awareness on World IBD Day

21st Apr 201724th Mar 2023 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Do you really know where your charitable donations go? A few figures

15th Mar 20173rd Feb 2026 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Managing IBD | A balanced guide to Inflammatory Bowel Disease book review

14th Mar 201724th Mar 2023 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

IBD – Psoriasis – Steroid cream – Rosacea

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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" 🙈 Having to fact-check everything you see online really sucks. There's a big disappointment in feeling inspired by a story or a cute fact, only to realise it was fake, AI-generated bullsh*t. Whether it’s a heartwarming celeb story that never happened or a perfect AI animal, the lack of digital authenticity makes the internet a weird place! I am currently layered up like an onion, because my nervous system does not like winter! 🏳 Study morning 📖🖊 When I first looked for information on #Pregnancy after bowel surgery, I found plenty of clinical statistics, but very little that felt real. I wanted to know what it actually felt like in a body like mine, with seven surgeries and a complex history. It looks like ChatGPT thinks I'm a psychologist 😂 Remind yourself who the Fuck you are today. You are good enough! ✨ When we live with #Crohns, #Colitis, or #Fibromyalgia, we are experts at the physical talk. We can list meds and explain a #Stoma without blinking, but the mental toll is often much harder to put into words.
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