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Hannah Marie Brankley
Life In My 30's
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    2024 | Books

    Let’s Talk…Books That Have Been Neglected // Bookmas Day 10

    Hours 10 December 202410 December 2024

    As part of my reading plans for 2025, I’m aiming to tackle a lot, and with that, I wanted to highlight a few of the…

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  • Trying To Get The Halloween Feels
    2023 | Books

    Trying To Get The Halloween Feels

    Hours 1 November 20231 November 2023

    October has come and gone and I tried very hard to get into the Halloween feels. As usual, I just bought more books. I’m definitely…

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Hannah Marie
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Today marks my 12th year recognising World IBD Day Today marks my 12th year recognising World IBD Day whilst living with IBD… but this year, I found myself asking a question I never thought I would.

Do I actually still have IBD?

After 3 surgeries, having everything from the ileum down removed and now living with a stoma, my Ulcerative Colitis is no longer active. There’s nowhere left for the disease to flare in the way it once did… so where does that leave me?

Am I someone who had IBD? Or am I still someone living with it?

In today’s blog post, I wanted to explore that question because IBD is so much more than just a bowel disease. Even without active disease, I still live with the effects it left behind.

A stoma gave me my quality of life back after years of immense pain and failed treatments, but it isn’t a cure. It’s a management route with its own ups and downs.

I’d love to know if anyone else with a stoma has ever questioned where they fit within the IBD community now 💜

Link: https://hannahmariebrankley.com/world-ibd-day-2026-do-i-still-have-ibd/

#WorldIBDDay #IBD #UlcerativeColitis #ChronicIllness #IBDAwareness InflammatoryBowelDisease
Chapter 34 🎈 #Birthday Chapter 34 🎈

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Lovely meal out last night with loved ones to cele Lovely meal out last night with loved ones to celebrate my brother and I’s birthday at @casabiancausk 🥰

Highly recommend the spaghetti carbonara! 😋

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From winter to spring 🌸 #2026 #LifeRecently From winter to spring 🌸

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Love a sprayed edge 😍 I'm so happy to have this ed Love a sprayed edge 😍 I'm so happy to have this edition to go with the rest of the collection!

Happy World Oceans Day! 🐋🐠🌎 

Day 159 of 365 Days of Prompts: Read a book about the world's oceans

#Books #365DaysOfPrompts #WorldOceansDay #OceanBooks #BookLovers
Finally starting Bat Eater🦇 Day 158 of 365 Days o Finally starting Bat Eater🦇

Day 158 of 365 Days of Prompts: Read a book you discovered on social media 

I’ve included a few book recommendations that I picked up because of social media. For all the damage BookTok, BookTube and Bookstagram have done to my bank account, they have also introduced me to some brilliant books 😂

#BookstagramUK #Books #ReadingChallenge #365DaysOfPrompts #BookInfluencers
My June hopefuls 💖 This June, there were only 8 n My June hopefuls 💖

This June, there were only 8 new releases that caught my eye:
📚 The Unicorn Hunters by Katherine Arden
📚 Romantic Hero by Kirsty Greenwood
📚 The Last Time We Saw Her by Jaclyn Goldis
📚 The Someday Garden by Ashley Poston
📚 The Death Row Club by V.A. Vazquez
📚 Nine Lives by Catherine Steadman
📚 Chase Me If You Can by Heather Frances
📚 Witch Season by Julia Bianco

I wonder why June isn't an as popular release month? 🤔

#Books #JuneReleases #NewReleases #Reading #TBRPossibilities
I don’t know how I’ve done it, but I’ve managed to I don’t know how I’ve done it, but I’ve managed to get all my Stephen King books onto one shelf 🙌 That is one stack of books from the desk cleared!

Day 157 of 365 Days of Prompts: Read a book from a genre you don’t often pick up

Comment below which genre that would be for you!

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