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Tag: Chronic Illness

5th Mar 20265th Mar 2026 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Uncovering the shared brain circuits of PTSD and chronic pain

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23rd Feb 20261st May 2026 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Why we need to talk about the mental impact of chronic illness

5th Feb 20264th Feb 2026 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Braving the Big Talk – we don’t always need the “right” words

9th Jun 202526th Jan 2026 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

The recovery loop: Why it’s never a straight line

23rd Apr 202528th Jan 2026 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

More than surgery: When chronic illness becomes trauma

29th Jan 202530th Jan 2025 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Holistic, complementary, and alternative medicine – what’s the difference?

20th Dec 202420th Oct 2025 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Breathwork; scientifically backed breathing exercises to improve your health!

20th Sep 202428th Sep 2024 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Fibromyalgia – the journey so far

16th Nov 202316th Nov 2023 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Healing trauma: What is trauma?

20th Jul 202320th Jul 2023 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Know your rights | GP practices

18th Jul 202318th Jul 2023 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Taking pills doesn’t make me weak

1st Jun 2023 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

The tightrope of hope

20th Jan 202328th Jan 2026 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Finding MY healthy lifestyle with IBD and an ostomy

16th Nov 202227th Mar 2023 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Changing seasons, chronic fatigue, and mental health

25th Oct 202227th Mar 2023 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Attending the pain management programme – part 1

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I spent a recent Saturday undergoing a small bowel contrast Magnetic Resonance Enterography (MRE), and I wanted to share a quick reality check for anyone else living with #InflammatoryBowelDisease (IBD). These scans are a necessary part of our care, but they can be a lot to handle, both physically and mentally! I had my contrast MRE over a week ago, and I'm still suffering with intestinal cramps! 😫 On the 21st of April, I finally headed to the hospital for an appointment that has been over a year in the making. I was seen by a Registrar, so I immediately felt like I wasn’t being taken seriously. When I was taking a picture of Loki's nap position, my phone thought he was a flower 🌷 This is what 9 days of puppies and little time for anything else looks like 😅 Now they both have names 🙈 I'd like to officially welcome Loki (dapple) and Aragorn (choccy) to the pack 💕 Name chosen!! Thank you all for your suggestions 🙏🏻 I still couldn't decide, so I ended up using an online wheel of names. I still had a shortlist of 7 🙈 This little chipolata came home with us yesterday and still doesn't have a name!! In celebration of #NationalPetMonth, I wanted to share a story about the little heartbeats that have anchored me through some of my hardest years. That escalated quickly... 😳 (this should have posted yesterday!). Walking home from my second #LineDancing class ✨️ When you live with an #ostomy, there's often a kind of vulnerability in the simple act of getting dressed. For a long time, my bedroom mirror was a place of scrutiny rather than reflection. I would look at my #stoma and my scars, and see a list of things I had to hide, or a body that felt like it had betrayed me.
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