Blog posts by Nick Axtell

After his stoma surgery, Nick struggled to find the stoma support and advice he was looking for. When he finally did, he soon began helping others, but later realised how advising others is not as simple as it seems.

Nick has spent a lot of time at home with various health conditions and recovering from surgeries. In this blog he discusses how he found a way to use this time productively, and shares his secret for finding creativity.

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.