That sentence has and will stay in my head permanently.
The first thing I thought was whos going to love me with a stoma bag?
when it should have been this surgery is going to save my life.
Ava Sol
Teenage years are so important in finding yourself and building your confidence.
All of a sudden, youre a different person.
After I was diagnosed, I felt like I had lost myself.
I lost my health, my body.
I became so weak.
I had to learn how to walk again.
I could barely stand up without my head spinning and that wasnt me.
I lost my independence in recovery, even my mum had to bathe me.
I spent months in denial, I didnt tell a single soul.
I pretended everything was fine and that I just took a gap year between studies.
I beat myself up about not going to university and not starting my law degree.
I had to change my goals and expectations for the future.
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I soon realised that with chronic illness meant no cure.
My IBD and my stoma will be a permanent part of my life.
My illness has helped me grow into who I am today.
I am strong and resilient, and I wouldnt of realised that if it wasnt for this journey.
Its weird how we often make ourselves uncomfortable and uneasy, hiding away, to make others more comfortable?
We need to normalise normal bodies.
Accept who you are.Practice self-love, you are worthy of absolutely everything in life.
Dont compare yourself to others.Do not drain your happiness by looking at yourself compared to others.
you’re free to have a full adventurous life filled with all kinds of opportunities without pain.
We all go through events that change us, whether we are sick or not.
Let it change you for the better.
Grow through what you go through.
You have your condition, it doesnt have you.
Being sick has made me appreciate every little thing a whole lot more.
My illness has taught me patience I never had before.
Being sick truly does show you who your real friends are.
There is so much more to you.
Your illness has taught you how brave you are, revealed how mucho inner strength you have.
Self-confidence is one big rollercoaster of a journey.
The only part of your body that needs to change is the way you think about it.
You only get one body, so feed it love and compassion.
You have all the capability of getting through this.
Push through day by day.
