Blog posts by Jen McGregor

Jen’s friendships have seen her through some tough times. In this blog she shares her best advice for maintaining friendships through periods of ill health and how to build bonds that last a lifetime.

With the arrival of sunshine and warmer temperatures, Jen shares her best advice for managing a stoma and chronic illnesses throughout the summer period.

Jen has lived through a lot of trauma in recent years which has understandably led to mental health conditions such as depression and anxiety. Read on to hear about her journey and why 2019 is Jen’s year for change.

In part three of Jen’s Looking Back series she discusses the many complications she’s faced since having her stoma surgery, and the effect of losing her brother to cancer.

In part two of Jen’s Looking Back series she discusses the different medications she tried in order to avoid having a stoma and why she wishes she had just had the surgery sooner.

As the anniversary of Jen’s Crohn’s disease diagnosis approaches, she thinks back over her journey and the things she wishes she’d known sooner.