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Posted on 03-11-201305-08-2017

an adventure in the wonderful world of IBD vlogging!

So, I decided to have a play around with VIDEO. In here, there is much medication related rambling, self-introduction, diagnosis palaver… all of the things that you have quite possibly come to know and love from me and Wamblecropt already. Plus, it’s all in my oh-so-charming kiwi accent, which obviously doesn’t come across in my … Continue reading an adventure in the wonderful world of IBD vlogging!

Posted on 18-10-201305-08-2017

staring down the barrel of re-diagnosis

I had my follow-up appointment with my surgeon yesterday. It wasn’t great. I was going into the appointment thinking everything’s going fine, I’m back at work, I’m healing up, the stoma’s looking mostly fine except for the hypergranulation around the outside. I’ll have ‘replumbing’ surgery ASAP, we’ll say a fond farewell to Buffy the Stoma … Continue reading staring down the barrel of re-diagnosis

Posted on 14-10-201305-08-2017

briar’s UC diagnosis story

Briar’s diagnosis story – originally posted on Raw Library. I was eighteen when I first encountered blood in the toilet bowl. And it definitely wasn’t my period. My first inclination wasn’t to freak out and Google what it meant, and it certainly wasn’t to go to the doctor – eighteen-year-old girl talking to the family … Continue reading briar’s UC diagnosis story

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I'm Briar – Briar Lawry, if you were wondering which particular one. Raw Library is an anagram of my name and a place for my writing – about anything, in theory, but mostly about books, the music industry and chronic illness. And sometimes coffee.

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