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@Resus2Runner

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My journey from cardiac arrest to sport🏊‍♀️🚴‍♀️🏃‍♀️Stoma • bowel cancer. Once on Radio4 DNACPR • ReSPECT • EOLC • Dignity in Dying. #TacklingTheStomaStigma 💜

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1 year
This was me 11 months ago; standing for less than a minute with the help of a physio & a nurse. Through weakness, pain & nausea, I dreamt that I could #SwimBikeRun again Today I made it back to triathlon 🏊‍♀️ 🚴 🏃‍♀️ #BowelCancer #SurgeryMk2 #TRItanium #TacklingTheStomaStigma
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Every journey (back) to triathlon starts with a single step! 🏊‍♀️ 🚴 🏃‍♂️ #bowelcancer #CPR #surgery2 #rehab
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The last few days have mainly been about resting and restarting food. But my #ICU nurses & physio have washed my hair.., and it’s the best feeling 🤩 #surgeryMk2 #bowelcancerrecovery
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After losing a job I loved at 30 and spending 18 months off recovering from #bowelcancer & ICU And then 18 months of applying for new jobs that I could manage An employer has finally seen past my brokenness and... I have a job! 🥳🤩 #ICUrecovery
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2 years
After only being allowed to lie on each side for the last week, 🥴 I can finally start lying on my back and sitting for 20 minutes a day 🥳 The step down to the ward has been tough! But yay for my own PJs & underwear after NHS gown! #iykyk #bowelcancerrecovery #surgeryMk2
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This was me last summer- stage 3 bowel cancer, panproctocolectomy, 4 cardiac arrests, broken ribs, sternum & 2 fractured vertrbrae. This Sunday I will be running my 1st Half Marathon @NFMarathon for the ITU that saved my life. Please support me. Thanks!😎
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2 years
Just one of the scars from the last week 💜 #tacklingthestomastigma @TeamColostomyUK
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Rebecca 💙
2 years
2022 hasn’t been the kindest But I’m back on my feet & it’s time to party 💃🏼 #SurgeryMk2 #BagWhatBag @VBlush
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I’m really annoyed that my hospital appointment tomorrow, that I’ve been waiting months for, has been cancelled. But the junior doctors strike isn’t the problem. The @Conservatives are the problem and need to pay junior doctors what they deserve I support #Doctorsstrike
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2 years
Today I ran my first 6 minute km (including 30 sec walk) post-op! And I’m 7 kg heavier than when I left hospital last summer. #winning #SurgeryMk2 #rehab #TacklingtheStomaStigma
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1 year
Bowel Cancer ~ Stage 3 ~ Stoma ~ 1 Chemo ~ CPR ~ ICU~ SurgeryMk2 #NationalCancerSurvivorsDay #TacklingtheStomaStigma
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National Cancer Survivors Day… whether you’re in treatment or in remission we see you 🫶 #nevertooyoung #bowelcancer #nationalcancersurvivorsday #ncsd
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I'm a former ICU patient as a direct result of chemotherapy I am triple vaccinated to protect me, my friends, family, community, and to support the #NHS Would you question chemo? Vaccines work. Vaccines are safe. Vaccines have saved millions of lives. #GetVaccinatedNow
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2 years
I can’t tell you how hard I have worked to get to this point! Thanks to the guidance and support of my physio, today I jogged for the first time post-op (four & a half months ago) #bowelcancerrecovery #SurgeryMk2 #97cmscars #TRItanium
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5 years
Two & a half years ago I was warned I may never run again due to the extent of my surgery. Then things got more complicated & I ended up in ICU. They made me move. Then I ran, I ran my first half marathon. Today... this! 👇 #tacklingthestomastigma @TeamColostomyUK
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2 years
After 5 years of not being able to sit without pain, I’m going in for surgery. #bowelcancer #never2young ✨Always have #rebellioushope ✨ (I’m trying to tell my self that more scars aren’t bad & that I can have another tattoo!)
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Stage 3 bowel cancer at 30 Surgery & stoma 1 chemo & 4 cardiac arrests at 31 (6 wks later) Waiting for major surgery But I’ve made it to 36 🥳 Happy Birthday to me… still COVID positive 😷 #bagwhatbag @VBlush #tacklingthestomastigma
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Diagnosed with #colitis at 19. Robbed me of my career. #BowelCancer diagnosis at 30 & #Stoma surgery. I have my life back & can do what I want to do 💜 Wish I’d been offered surgery years ago! I will always do what I can to #TackleTheStomaStigma #StomaAware @AdeleRoberts
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2 years
I’m fixed & back home 🕶 Tattoo unscathed Thank you @DrOliverWarren & your team! #tacklingthestomastigma #bowelcancerrecovery #surgeryMk2
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Rebecca 💙
3 years
Anybody else wearing a mask past #19July ? 🙋‍♀️😷
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Rebecca 💙
3 years
To all those on Twitter being negative about stomas, I will never understand the negatively and stigma around Stomas For me it’s given me my life back! I’m proud of my bag & scars #tacklingthestomastigma #bowelcancer @nevertooyounguk
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Rebecca 💙
3 years
~surviving CPR ~ bowel cancer ~ stoma ~ unhealthy ECG to a healthy ECG ~ the weeks I spent in hospital ~ the 1st time I swam post-op ~ cycling again ~ my 1st ever half marathon ~ my 1st ever triathlon ~ the ups & downs of my recovery #HiddenScars #InvisibleIllnesses
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Rebecca 💙
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Stage 3 cancer diagnosis at 30 Surgery & #stoma 💩 1 chemo 4 cardiac arrests 💓 8 triathlons 🏊‍♀️ 🚴‍♀️🏃‍♀️ 1 half marathon 10 hour op = No cancer or malignancy. No more scans 🙌 #bowelcancer @nevertooyounguk @TeamColostomyUK
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5 years
If you have just returned home from ICU this is a tweet of encouragement for you. I was in ICU 3 yrs ago, I weighed 42 kg & couldn't stand up without the help of physios. My world had ended. 16 months later I ran my 1st ever half marathon. Small steps everyday! 💪👊
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4 years
It's great to see ICU patient stories being highlighted on the news, but they are all covid patients. Non-covid patients will have woken up in ICU without their loved ones around them, with staff in PPE, & will need assessment for PTSD. All ICU patients will need support 💙
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Rebecca 💙
4 years
If you have just left ICU, there is hope. I was in ICU 3 years ago, I weighed 42 kg and couldn't stand up without crippling pain and the help of physios. It's not always easy, It's a long journey. But there is hope 🌈
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2 years
I was chatting to a student nurse last week who thought that because I have a #stoma I have to wear baggy clothes Absolutely not! The smile on her face when I showed her this photo from the week before #SurgeryMk2 Thanks to @VBlush 💜 #tacklingthestomastigma @TeamColostomyUK
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2 years
Jumpsuit #3 🧵 🪡 After many years in & out of work due to ill-health, I may ‘only’ be a volunteer but these guys treat me as one of the team! 💚 #TeamED #ChristmasParty #BagWhatBag #TacklingtheStomaStigma
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8 months
Over the moon to not only be back on the start line for this 5 km, but be 2nd female in my age category 🥈 This time last year I wasn’t allowed to jog for more than two minutes. 2022 vs 2024 #TacklingTheStomaStigma #ICUrecovery #SurgeryMk2 #TRItanium @RSCharity
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Rebecca 💙
5 years
3 year CT scan A L L C L E A R 1 chemo 4 cardiac arrests 1 half marathon 🤸‍♀️ 6 triathlons 🏊‍♀️ 🚴‍♀️ 🤸‍♀️ 1 rugby match 🏈 #bowelcancer #never2young #5FU #tacklingthestomastigma
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Rebecca 💙
4 years
The NHS isn’t just doctors and nurses. Pay rise & appreciation for all! 💙 #patientperspective #fairpay
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Rebecca 💙
5 years
That moment you suddenly realise that you were diagnosed with stage 3 bowel cancer at 30, underwent major surgery, had chemo, 4 cardiac arrests & fought for my life. Decided to run a half marathon & now have a tattoo that I designed! No wonder I'm exhausted 😆 #FridayThought
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This was me 2 yrs ago-  stage 3 bowel cancer, stoma, 4 cardiac arrests, fractured sternum, ribs & vertebrae. Tomorrow I take on my biggest event of 2019, a 3 hr open water swim 🏊‍♀️🏊‍♀️🌔 (I will be taking breaks!) Please support me... #solsticeswim
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3 years
My DNACPR & Advanced Directive are not a wish to die, but one to not suffer. It’s not being negative, it’s an acceptance that my body has been through too much & that I wouldn’t want to deal with the mental or physical trauma of a ‘second recovery’. #importantconversations #CPR
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Rebecca 💙
4 years
Lockdown is challenging But please believe me that it is no where near as challenging as this👇 ICU recovery is long & painful, physically & mentally #PTSD #StayHome #StaySafe #StayPositive 💙
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3 years
4 year CT scan shows no evidence of disease! 🙏 Stage 3 #bowelcancer at 30 💩 1 chemo 💊 4 cardiac arrests 💓 ~~~ 7 triathlons 🏊‍♀️ 🚴 🏃‍♂️ 1 half marathon 🏅 Over 1000km 🏃‍♀️ 1 rugby match 🏉 #tacklingthestomastigma #nevergiveup @TeamColostomyUK
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Rebecca 💙
2 years
On my way to join the #stomasinparliament relay! Whether it’s fitness, reading or bingeing a series, nobody should be stopped from doing the things they love just because they have a #stoma . That’s why I’m so proud to be carrying this message to Westminster today! @ColostomyUK
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4 years
I hate this photo of me in ICU 3 yrs ago! I'm glad Boris seems to have walked away unscathed, but ICU scars you. I suffer with PTSD, I have nightmares, I've not yet returned to work, it's affected my family. Don't end up in ICU for hanging out in the park. It's not a joke!
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Rebecca 💙
4 years
4 years ago I got my cancer diagnosis More than 2,500 people under the age of 50 are diagnosed with #bowelcancer each year If you experience the symptoms pls speak to your GP • bleeding • change in bowel habits • lump • unexplained tiredness & weightloss • #never2young
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4 years
Now that the world has seen inside ICU, I sincerely hope that all ICU patients will receive follow up care, as cancer patients do. With psychological & physical support. Not a postcode lottery. And let's not forget the phenomenal staff & their needs. #RightToRehab
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5 years
@TheLastLeg From MP to Prince. #PrinceMike gets my vote
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Rebecca 💙
6 months
Two years ago I had a ten hour surgery; I had to learn to run again. Today a crazy dream came true! 🏉 To everyone who has helped me get to this point, thank you! 💛 #ICUrecovery #BowelCancer #Stoma #WomenInRugby @RFU_Refs @Official_LSRFUR
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10 months
From not being allowed to jog for more than 2 mins, before having to walk #Physio To getting back to a sub-32 min 5 km hill run. Something I dreamt of doing at the beginning of 2023, but didn’t think would be reality! 123 km 🏃‍♀️ & a triathlon later 💪🏻 #SurgeryMk2 #TRItanium
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3 years
It’s an honour to have been asked to join @yasmeenkhan1 as a guest on @BBCRadio4 #DoNotResuscitate talking about my ICU experience and subsequent DNACPR wishes. A topic so often not talked about, but an #importantconversation we need to have. Tuesday 18th 11:00am
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3 years
‘From every wound there is a scar, and every scar tells a story. A story that says, I survived.’ #bowelcancer #CPR #ICUrecovery #MentalHealthMatters #tacklingthestomastigma
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4 years
Love this .... These are the Hands 💙 By @MichaelRosenYes
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Rebecca 💙
3 years
. @theJeremyVine talking about disabilities & relationships Caller with an #ileostomy says he’s had women walk away because of his #stoma People are more than a stoma! #tacklingthestomastigma #bowelcancer @nevertooyounguk
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4 years
A shout out to all critical care nurses, you all do an amazing job. Although I can't remember my ICU nurses' names or faces, memories of their care and presence will stay with me forever. You are all incredible! 💙 @BACCNUK @FICMNews @ICS_updates @CNOEngland
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3 years
As someone in their 30s who has had a stage 3 cancer diagnosis, and only one chemo before an ICU stay I have written my #EOLC wishes But I’d also hope that if I were to receive a terminal diagnosis that I would be able to die peacefully #AssistedDying @dignityindying
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2 years
I’d rather be heading to Belfast for @ICS_updates #SOA22 but I’m getting an early night before my surgery tomorrow I am looking forward to giving a #patientperspective ‘The Human in the Machine - What Do Patients Really Want?’ #bowelcancer #CPR #ICUrecovery
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First trip abroad in 13 years (mainly due to ill-health). Proud of my bag & scars 💛 "From every wound there is a scar, and every scar tells a story. A story that says, I survived." ~ Bowel cancer ~ CPR ~ ICU recovery~ #TacklingtheStomaStigma
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Yep, I've just run around @THORPEPARK with a stoma bag attached to my t-shirt! With a swim & bike before that 🏊‍♀️🚴‍♀️🏃‍♀️ 1st open water tri ✔ All in aid of the ICU that saved my life- @RSCHCharity @TeamColostomyUK #TacklingTheStomaStigma @SPACeRGroup
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3 years
After what feels like the longest 5 & 1/2 weeks of my life. A PET scan, MRI and biopsy later. It’s almost definitely not cancer I still need surgery, but… 🥲🙏🥲🙏🥲🙏
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Rebecca 💙
6 years
A year ago I was told that I may never be able to do sport again.... Today I proved that wrong... again! #firstseaswim #postop #cancerrecovery #friends #ostomy
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Rebecca 💙
2 years
Trying to reassure myself that I can cope with what lies ahead 💛 #bowelcancerrecovery #surgery #RebelliousHope @BowelbabeF
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3 years
My #stoma has given me freedom, a chance to achieve life dreams. I have run further than ever before, and completed #triathlons & a #halfmarathon #stomaawareday 💜 #tacklingthestomastigma @ColostomyUK
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2 years
I’ve got 99 problems… But my #stoma ain’t one! #tacklingthestomastigma #nocolonstillrollin
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4 months
What an incredible evening @The_RHS #ChelseaFlowerShow supporting the @BowelResearch gold medal winning #Microbiome garden! Well done to all involved 🥇 Healthy gut, healthy mind 🪻
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Rebecca 💙
2 years
How amazing is this… Thanks to @MediCinema @ChelwestFriends I was able to watch Top Gun Maverick from my hospital bed! #bowelcancerrecovery #surgeryMk2
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Rebecca 💙
5 years
I've just had my last appointment with my physio before he moves abroad. We joked about my recovery. How I wanted to run 5 k within a year of being in ICU, and that if I had told anybody, they would have thought I was crazy. Be crazy! 🤩 Dream big, and achieve. #ICUrehab
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Rebecca 💙
2 years
I was diagnosed with colitis at 19, it robbed me of my career & my 20s. Since having my stoma I am happier & fitter than ever; I've run my first half marathon & triathlons. I wish I had been offered the surgery years ago! #StomaAware Let's #tacklethestomastigma together
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4 years
Waking up in Intensive Care. Now add PPE & no loved ones. We need to support all ICU survivors, covid & non-covid 💙
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Rebecca 💙
2 years
“find a life worth enjoying; take risks; love deeply; have no regrets; and always, always have rebellious hope. And finally, check your poo – it could just save your life.” x @bowelbabe #rebellioushope
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4 months
After two major surgeries, a metre of scar, and several years of recovery. Then waiting a year to hear that I don’t need a third surgery that I wasn’t sure I could face mentally or physically is a huge relief! #BowelCancer #ICUrecovery #Never2Young #TacklingtheStomaStigma
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1 year
A yr ago I stood with the help of my physio I was terrified about a 2nd recovery It has been a tough year! “find a life worth enjoying; take risks; love deeply; have no regrets&always, always have rebellious hope.&finally, check your poo – it could save your life” Bowel Babe💛
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Rebecca 💙
4 years
Thank you to all ICU staff everywhere 🙏 you are all incredible! I am a triathlete because of you 💙 Something I dreamt of before ICU & never achieved. Something I couldn’t have imagined as I lay in ICU! How it started How it’s going
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@TantamKate @AICU_RBH @RWT_NHS @SDHcriticalcare @SalisburyNHS @MatronsSDH1 Rebecca for sharing your inspiring story, helping us to say "you're doing a fantastic job" #HoldOn
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Rebecca 💙
4 years
When you've trained your #barbiebutt off all year and then go and smash two insane all time PBs 😎 #bowelcancer #CPR #ICUrecovery #tacklingthestomastigma @TeamColostomyUK How it started How it's going
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Rebecca 💙
1 year
That feeling when you've trained your #BarbieButt off for 11 months, To achieve your dream of getting back to #Triathlon #BowelCancer #SurgeryMk2 #TacklingTheStomaStigma #WeAreTRItanium ✨ Dream ✨ Believe ✨ Achieve ✨
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Rebecca 💙
2 years
My surgeon is happy for me to try and run again. It still feels like my scars are going to fall apart! But my surgeon is happy for me to try and run 🥳 Another step on my return to triathlon #SurgeryMk2 #physio #TRItanium 🏊‍♀️ 🚴‍♀️🏃‍♀️
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Rebecca 💙
2 years
As someone in their 30s who has had a stage 3 cancer diagnosis, and only one chemo before an ICU stay #CPR I have written my #EOLC wishes But I'd also hope that if I were to receive a terminal diagnosis that I would be able to die peacefully #AssistedDying @dignityindying
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Rebecca 💙
5 years
I am upset to see the @marksandspencer & @riverisland breast cancer campaigns with women with all their hair. Cancer ruins lives, we have scars- visible & invisible. #ThisIsBowelCancer #CancerisNotPinkAndFluffy #never2young @BBCNews @bowelbabe @Liz_ORiordan
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While my friends are planning their weddings & birth plans, I have planned my funeral It’s not a negative, it’s accepting my mortality & choosing what I want But I'd also hope that if I were to receive a terminal diagnosis that I would be able to die peacefully #AssistedDying
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4 years
I couldn’t have imagined this a few years ago. From an Hb of 5.7 and running to the loo 20 times a day, my stoma has given me my life back & I’m fitter than ever 😎 #tacklingthestomastigma #nocolonstillrollin #bowelcancer #never2young
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2 years
In my happy place! In the water I feel free, I forget about my pain ✨ Thank you @SwimLabUK #bowelcancer #ICUrecovery #tacklingthestomastigma
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2 years
Last swim before my surgery ✅ & I didn’t want to get out! #CallitPrehab #bowelcancerrecovery #tacklingthestomastigma
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I was diagnosed with colitis at 19, it robbed me of my career and my 20s. Since having my #stoma I am happier & fitter than ever. I wish I had been offered the surgery years ago! 2nd October is #StomaAwareDay Let’s #tacklethestomastigma together 💜 @TeamColostomyUK
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2 years
5 years on from this… #BowelCancer #Chemotherapy #CPR #ICUrecovery “The mental health scars stay with me, no one looking at me would know, but they run deep. The anxiety & fear is still there. There are a lot of ICU survivors crying out, our scars are beyond what you can see”
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Rebecca 💙
3 years
I try & put a brave face on. I try & carry on & do as much as I can. But sometimes it all gets a bit too much. Recovery is tough & I’m not ashamed to say I’m scared of what I have to go through. We don’t know what others are going through #BeKind #invisiblescars #CPR #bowelcancer
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Rebecca 💙
2 years
Isolation means lots of time to sew. Inspired by @Liz_ORiordan @AlisonPittard & @libertysinger73 Here is my rather wacky creation 💛 I made a jumpsuit! #ItHasPockets
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Rebecca 💙
4 years
CPR is often messy, undignified, and if people survive, they often have a poor quality of life. We need a greater public understanding of CPR. #importantconversations @AGoodDeath @Liz_ORiordan
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Rebecca 💙
3 months
I wouldn’t be here without the NHS: Stage 3 bowel cancer at 30 Stoma surgery 1 chemo 4 cardiac arrests ICU stay Surgery Mk 2 … 7 yrs on, I’m still ‘No evidence of disease’ thanks to our incredible NHS’ 💙 Vote tactically, Stop the Tories 🗳️
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Rebecca 💙
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Rebecca 💙
2 years
My body has been through too much. My #DNACPR #ReSPECT form & #AdvancedDirective are not a wish to die, but one to not suffer. How doctors still ask me if I really don’t want “just one cycle of CPR” baffles me! #bowelcancer #CPR @AGoodDeath
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Rebecca 💙
2 years
I’ve just been discharged by my oncology specialist nurse. It’s an odd feeling. #bowelcancer #stage3 #1chemo #CPR #5YearsAllClear
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Rebecca 💙
4 years
We need to talk about #CPR We need to talk about the mental & physical trauma it causes. It isn’t a quick fix, or a miraculous cure. It’s a live saving procedure for when the heart stops. We need to know about all of our options for care. #TalkEndofLifeCare
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Rebecca 💙
2 years
1st Sept - 9th Oct I will be walking 1 km a day for @ColostomyUK #StepUpForStomas 💜 Why? … because every 39 minutes, someone in the UK has stoma surgery My stoma saved my life after I was diagnosed with #bowelcancer at 30 Colostomy UK have supported me in my recovery 💜
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Rebecca 💙
4 years
To all women who can’t have children, for whatever reason and are watching the #covidbabyboom with a heavy heart. You are amazing 💫 #bighug
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Rebecca 💙
6 years
Having stoma surgery at 30 is pretty pants but fortunately Vanilla Blush helps ostomates feel better by creating beautiful underwear & supportwear. It was great to meet Nicola @VBlush , she does so much for the stoma world! #ostomy #bowelcancer #ostomyfashion
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Rebecca 💙
6 years
If somebody had told me in Jan 2017 what was going to happen, I wouldn't have believed them If somebody had told me in Jan 2018 what I would achieve, I certainly wouldn't have believed them! Slightly apprehensive about what 2019 has in store... let's hope it's good 😎
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Rebecca 💙
2 years
I did need to go to A & E. Now back home and resting. Amazing care from all the staff 💙 But extra grateful that my #AdvancedCarePlan & #ReSPECT form wishes were respected 😌
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Rebecca 💙
2 years
The plastic surgeon said I wouldn’t be able to wear anything skimpy any more. Who cares when @vblush perfectly hides 97 cm of scar! Proud of my bag & scars 💛 #bowelcancerrecovery #surgeryMk2 #invisiblescars @never2young #tacklingthestomastigma
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Rebecca 💙
2 years
Whatever it is that you love to do, having a #stoma shouldn’t have to stop you from doing it. That’s why I’m so excited to be joining next week’s relay to Parliament to share this message with policymakers 💜 #stomasinparliament @TeamColostomyUK @ColostomyUK
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Rebecca 💙
1 year
37 is starting better than 36 did (in isolation for covid) 🥳 There’s nothing you can’t do with a #stoma #NoColonStillRollin #TacklingtheStomaStigma @TeamColostomyUK @VBlush @AdeleRoberts
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Rebecca 💙
1 year
This Saturday is #StomaAware day We want to Smash Social Exclusion! The crazy thing is I’ve done so much more with my #Stoma than I did pre-op! But the stigma is still there. Are you #StomaAware ? 💜 Help us #TackleTheStomaStigma @ColostomyUK @TeamColostomyUK
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Rebecca 💙
2 years
First time I’ve conquered ‘The Hill’ since last March and longest run post-op 💪🏻 #SurgeryMk2Recovery #TacklingTheStomaStigma @TeamColostomyUK
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