Lucy Harman
Getting Access to Treatment and Medication at Uni
When moving to University, one of the main things you must plan ahead for as an IBD fighter is how you are going to get access to...
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Lucy Harman
- Sep 23, 2021
- 7 min
Living at University with IBD
Living at University with IBD can be very daunting, especially if you're very used to living at home with your parents, near your doctors...
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Lucy Harman
- Aug 8, 2021
- 6 min
Accepting you need help.
So, I haven't really been posting on my blog in a few months, and I have been questioning whether to talk about why. I have always been...
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Lucy Harman
- May 25, 2021
- 4 min
Learning to grieve your old self
Autoimmune Diseases like IBD can have a debilitating impact on the way you live. I have spent the past 6 months learning to adapt and...
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Lucy Harman
- Apr 12, 2021
- 4 min
What I wish people understood about having a Chronic Illness
Until it happens to you, you can never truly understand how having a Chronic illness feels. Unlike many Crohn’s fighters, I did not...
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Lucy Harman
- Apr 12, 2021
- 2 min
Toxic Positivity
People always ask me how I manage to stay so positive throughout my battle with Crohn's, I find the answer very complicated to word. I am...
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Lucy Harman
- Mar 21, 2021
- 6 min
The Gracie Effect
For those of you who don't know who Gracie Keeping is, she’s one of my closest friends and biggest inspirations. I met her almost 3 years...
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Lucy Harman
- Mar 20, 2021
- 5 min
Body Positivity and Weight Fluctuation
I have always been a massive advocate of body positivity and have preached self love for many years, but when I started to notice Crohn's...
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Lucy Harman
- Mar 20, 2021
- 3 min
Crohn's Attacks: What they feel like, What triggers them, How to help.
Crohn's attacks are incredibly scary and painful experiences for IBD fighters, they are a very sudden increase in symptoms, often...
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Lucy Harman
- Mar 11, 2021
- 9 min
My Diagnosis Story
On the 27th of December 2020 I was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease, a form of Inflammatory Bowel Disease. It is an autoimmune condition...
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Lucy Harman
- Mar 10, 2021
- 6 min
The impact Crohn's has had on my relationships.
Being a lifelong Chronic Illness, Crohn's Disease is bound to have an impact on your relationships, I am very lucky to have the biggest...
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Lucy Harman
- Mar 10, 2021
- 4 min
My Feeding Tube Experience
Many IBD fighters have to have a feeding tube at some point in their lives, often this is because Crohn's is active in the oesophagus, or...
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Lucy Harman
- Mar 4, 2021
- 7 min
10 ways I keep my Mental Health in check during my flare ups.
Looking after your own mental health is important for each and every person in order to allow you to live your life to the best of your...
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Lucy Harman
- Mar 2, 2021
- 4 min
Everything you need to know about Crohn's Disease
Crohn’s Disease is a condition that causes inflammation and ulceration of the digestive sy stem, it can affect anything from your mouth,...
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Lucy Harman
- Mar 1, 2021
- 2 min
Introduction to my Crohn's Blog
My name is Lucy Harman and I have an incurable autoimmune disease called Crohn’s. What’s Crohn's you ask? Well, to put it scientifically...
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