Blog posts by Nick Axtell

Nick has had a rollercoaster journey with health and fitness over the years. Here he discusses his relationship with physical activity and what he has planned for 2020.

Nick has been thinking about how much his health impacts his life, and wishing it were easier to just head out on adventures or take up new challenges without so many things to consider. Can you relate?

Two weeks after a mountain bike incident and five days before his completion proctectomy, Nick was booked in for a flyboarding experience. Read on to see how he managed it whilst keeping his stoma and mucus fistula safe.

With Father’s Day taking place in June, Nick considers how chronic illness has affected his role as a dad, and what an achievement parenting when ill actually is.

Before Nick became ill he would have described himself as laid back, and never gave a thought to his mental health. In this month’s blog he takes a look back and shares how his physical health has impacted his mental health.

It’s normal to struggle with romance after stoma surgery. Here Nick shares what happened to his self-esteem after becoming an ostomate and how he overcame the resulting sexual problems