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Tag: Food and IBD

26th Feb 20262nd Mar 2026 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

IBD and food fear: What the latest research tells us

25th Feb 202528th Jan 2026 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Some hard data on diet and Crohn’s: The ADDapt Trial

20th Mar 202428th Jan 2026 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Bowel obstruction experience and fears

20th Jan 202328th Jan 2026 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Finding MY healthy lifestyle with IBD and an ostomy

30th Sep 202228th Jan 2026 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Common struggles after stoma surgery

11th Mar 202228th Jan 2026 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

20 low-residue meal ideas

4th Sep 202128th Jan 2026 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

We’re not “fussy eaters"!

28th May 202128th Jan 2026 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Eating out with an ostomy

20th May 202128th Jan 2026 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Identifying your IBD triggers

22nd Apr 202128th Jan 2026 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

To eat, or not to eat? That is the question.

17th Mar 202128th Jan 2026 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Food diary | The impact of different foods on ostomy output

9th Mar 202128th Jan 2026 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Controlling weight gain with an ostomy

29th Jan 202128th Jan 2026 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Why did I eat that?!

11th Dec 202028th Jan 2026 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Enjoying the festive season with a stoma in 2020

11th Apr 201828th Jan 2026 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Self-care | Eating and Drinking with IBD

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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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