Get ready with me at @Primavera Sound in Barcelona!🌈🌞 Who knew you could get your hair done in the festival by the pros? Certainly not me, but it was the best decision I made on the final day of Primevera when I had danced my energy all out I knew I could rely on the @Schwarzkopf Professional team to make me festival ready! 🎶🎸🎤 #hairbyschwatzkopf #musicmeetshair #foreveryyou #soundslikeschwatzkopf #prtrip #brandpartner #festivalhair
My name is Issy Oakley, and this is my journey living with Crohn’s disease. I was diagnosed when I was just thirteen years old. After years of fighting to stay well, I finally went into remission, and for almost a decade, life felt stable again. But last year, everything changed. I suddenly became incredibly ill. My bowel developed multiple perforations, and I spent months in and out of hospital, unsure what would happen next. Eventually, I got the care I needed. Doctors told me I’d need major surgery to survive. They removed seventy centimeters of my intestine. Since then, I’ve been learning—day by day—how to love and trust my body again. Because I’m self-employed, there was no financial safety net while I recovered. I had to rebuild my career from scratch. But sharing my story online has been an unexpected gift. It’s given me the chance to connect with so many people going through the same struggles, and that’s been its own kind of healing. Today, more than half a million people in the UK are living with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Around 200,000 have Crohn’s, and about 300,000 have Colitis. That’s one in every 123 people—so chances are, you already know someone affected by IBD, even if you don’t realize it. Every year, 25,000 people in the UK are newly diagnosed with Crohn’s or Colitis. A third of them are under thirty. Around one in five people with Crohn’s will need surgery within the first five years—just like I did. If you’re worried about your symptoms, Crohn’s & Colitis UK have a free symptom checker that only takes 30 seconds. It could help you decide whether it’s time to talk to your GP. You are not alone. And you never have to be. For more information @crohnsandcolitisuk #crohns #crohnsdisease #crohnsawareness #ibd #colitis