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Tag: IBD awareness

25th Sep 202127th Mar 2023 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

What if I don’t want to rest?!

21st Sep 202127th Mar 2023 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Where’s my psychological support?

17th Sep 202127th Mar 2023 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

What I wish people understood about life with IBD

4th Sep 202128th Jan 2026 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

We’re not “fussy eaters"!

21st Aug 202127th Mar 2023 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

How I was yesterday means nothing today!

10th Aug 202127th Mar 2023 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Series | How ulcerative colitis impacted my friendships

22nd Jul 202127th Mar 2023 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Trying to find balance with IBD pain

21st Jul 202127th Mar 2023 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

IBD and sex

20th May 202128th Jan 2026 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Identifying your IBD triggers

11th May 202127th Mar 2023 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

How IBD has impacted my teeth

6th May 202127th Mar 2023 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Why I celebrate World IBD Day every year

22nd Apr 202128th Jan 2026 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

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

26th Mar 202127th Mar 2023 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Series | How my ulcerative colitis impacted my physical activity

9th Mar 202128th Jan 2026 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

Controlling weight gain with an ostomy

5th Mar 202119th Jun 2024 Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

The impact of IBD on teeth

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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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