General Info & Awareness

My “coming out” post for having an ileostomy stoma bag in honour of Colostomy Awareness Day 2021.

I’m one of those people who, many years ago, bought a yoga mat and a few DVDs for yoga and pilates, and…

I was thrilled to see that a wonderful blogger, Ella, had nominated me for The Versatile Blogger award recently. Thank you so much…

I find this study both encouraging and a little worrying. While no information seems available to indicate what type of ‘chemical signature’ this…

Vitamin D. The so-called ‘sunshine vitamin’. But not many of us really know what it does, how it’s used or stored within…

Taking time off work can be a daunting prospect, far from the lovely notion of pulling a sickie to have a duvet…

I came across a recent news article which is interesting, though none too surprising perhaps for sceptics of so-called ‘targeted’ pain relief.…

Your body is full of bacteria, but it’s not all bad. Literally. Whilst research is lacking and the role of both bacteria…

Day in, day out, we’re bombarded with information, ‘fact’, advice and opinion on what’s good for us and what’s not. Whether it’s…

Whenever I think of the future, of a goal or where I want to go and the life I want to live,…

Despite the bad press they receive for missing problems with patients, not listening to them or fobbing them off, and despite having…

I came across an article recently on the Daily Mail about ‘cyberchondriacs’. It’s lovingly titled : “‘Cyberchondriacs’ clogging up A&E after googling…

Lately, there’s been more talk of ‘invisible illness’ and perhaps more taboo or ’embarrassing’ problems. This is partly thanks to those who…

After so many false starts, ideas I never followed through on, and general frustration with never sticking it out with a blog,…