Up Yer Bum : bowel cancer awareness & charity events
raising awareness of bowel cancer, lynch syndrome and stomas, sharing support networks, fundraising and supporting charities such as Bowel Cancer UK – Beating bowel cancer together, Colostomy UK and Lynch Syndrome UK
Today is year three of living with a stoma. I'd like to tell you we have fallen in love during this time... but we haven't, I still call it rude names when it misbehaves but... we co-exist. Which means I exist. Way better than the alternative! I think it is important that when my “stomaversary”… Continue reading Third stomaversary
There have been a number of conversations recently with friends and colleagues about our level of comfort for the next normal, and it is becoming more apparent that our comfort levels are all based on our own personal experiences. The one thing that has surprised a couple of people is that I have said that… Continue reading Am I really leaving on a jet plane…
I was asked to write a piece about not having babies and how it is linked to Lynch Syndrome for the Never too Young division of Bowel Cancer UK charity. I don't openly discuss it often, but here it is... long read... I had a few months of feeling that biological clock ticking when I… Continue reading Mom’s not the word…
Throughout Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, (April) Bowel cancer UK have been shining a light on how people affected by bowel cancer are feeling right now, and how their lives may have changed after a particularly difficult year. They asked people to join the #thisisbowelcancer campaign, sharing one word to describe how they're feeling. I've spent… Continue reading #Thisisbowelcancer
Today marks the day that Shielding officially ends in the UK. And you think I would be planning to go out and about right? Wrong. People who were identified as being clinically extremely vulnerable were advised to take extra care to avoid contracting Covid-19 and asked to "shield" because they have been considered more at… Continue reading The shields drop…
Up Yer Bum : bowel cancer awareness & charity events 