Author: Miss Gentle Rise
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Getting a Blockage While You Sleep
An honest account of bowel obstruction symptoms during sleep, adhesions, nausea and managing a blockage with awareness and calm.
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Why I Believe My Ulcerative Colitis Didn’t Come Out of Nowhere
A reflective account of growing up in chronic stress, trauma and neglect and why ulcerative colitis felt like a breaking point rather than a sudden illness.
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I Didn’t Start Writing to Be a Writer
A personal blog about writing as survival, healing through words, trauma, emotional breakdown and finding clarity when life falls apart.
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When Rest Starts to Hurt Too
A gentle, first-hand reflection on tailbone pain caused by prolonged rest while living with a parastomal hernia and learning to listen to the body.
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Resting, Repositioning, and the Sounds We Don’t Talk About
A reflective piece on resting, repositioning and the unfamiliar body sounds that can come with an ileostomy, parastomal hernia and abdominal adhesions. Learning to listen without fear.
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I’m Tired of Thinking About Food All the Time
A reflective piece on the mental load of eating with an ileostomy and parastomal hernia, exploring food anxiety, decision fatigue, grief and the quiet exhaustion of managing risk everyday.
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Mental Fatigue and Chronic Conditions
A reflective piece on mental fatigue and chronic conditions, exploring decision fatigue, emotional exhaustion and the hidden tiredness of living with a parastomal hernia.
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The Day Hope Fell Through My Hands.
A long-awaited surgical appointment became the moment hope quietly slipped away. This piece is a reflection on living with a parastomal hernia and ileostomy, medical limbo, uncertainty and the grief that follows when the future you imagined suddenly feels out of reach.