awareness

Can’t hide the feelings – being more open

I find it hard to open up about my feelings, I may tell people I have Crohn’s but I’m just not that honest about how I’m feeling most of the time. I come from a family where we didn’t really talk about things, about how we felt & things that were going on, and I…

We don’t need no education We don’t need no thought control

IBD Patient Education Programme I attended my first ever IBD patient education programme recently, this was a big step for me as I don’t like being alone with people I don’t know, where you normally have to make some small talk and I generally feel uncomfortable in these environments, aswell as fear of the unknown.

Faking It

The lie behind the smile Most days I can function, I am now in a place where my medication is making me as stable as I’m going to get. So I can plaster on a smile and hide my pain for the world, as I go about my daily life. The small annoyances of the…

On saturday morning I was helping marshall a walking event with the Mothers Union group, after the walk I got talking to a few of the members about Crohns and that I had it. One lady mentioned that it would be really good if I could come to a mothers union evening and talk about…