Where in the World is my Stoma?! – Round 1

It’s Quarantine Quiz time!!!

As we can’t travel at the moment due to Covid-19, I thought it might be fun to make a little game of “where in the world is my stoma?” to get you in the mood for when the world opens up and we can travel again 😊

 

The official competition has now closed however
you can still have a go (for fun – no prizes!) HERE.

Where in the World is my Stoma?! – THE PRIZES

Please note: THIS COMPETITION HAS NOW CLOSED

Now to the all important prizes!!

Whoever gets the highest number of points after all three rounds is in with a chance to win some of these great prizes!!!

Where in the World is my Stoma?! – Quarantine Quiz

The Where in the World is my Stoma?! – Quarantine Quiz

The Parallels of a Crohn’s and COVID 19 world – Part 2

In my last post I wrote about the parallels I have noticed between life with Crohn’s and life these last few months with the Coronavirus pandemic, the first one being isolation.

The more I think about the experiences and emotions I’ve felt due to my Crohn’s, the more similarities I find to the current Covid-19 world. Here are a few more:

The Parallels of a Crohn’s and Covid-19 world: Isolation

So here we are, five months into a new decade, and almost three months into our new (temporary) normal. Who would have thought when we saw in the New Year, watching the fireworks shoot up over the London Eye and hearing Big Ben chime midnight, that this is where we would be just a few months later? We all had plans for the year ahead. We took for granted being able to ride the tube, go to work, send our children to school, have a beer at the pub with our friends, hug our family.

Fast forward a few months and most of the world is in lockdown thanks to a pandemic called coronavirus or COVID 19. Our new normal is working from home (if we’re lucky enough to still have a job), only going out for essentials or daily exercise, being unable to travel to the next suburb let alone another country, socially distancing ourselves from friends, family, even strangers, and staying locked in our homes as much as possible.

Yet in some ways I feel like I have been through something similar before…

Over the last few months, I’ve contemplated how life with COVID 19 has many parallels to life with an inflammatory bowel disease like Crohn’s. Perhaps living with IBD (or another chronic illness) has even prepared me and made me better equipped to manage the current situation?

The diary of me and my little guy in lockdown – **travel withdrawals** ✈️✈️✈️

As most of you know, travelling is a huge part of my life. Yesterday I put together these hanging photo collages filled with so many wonderful travel memories, and it really gave me itchy feet! I don’t know about you guys, but I have already had two trips cancelled this year, and I am having major travel withdrawals!