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Name: | Aneica Duffy |
Age: | 22 |
Year of the Fix: | 2017 |
Location: | Foreglen, County Derry |
Campaign: | To educate people about inflammatory bowel disease |
I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis when I was 16. It was very painful. I felt tired, sick and lost so much weight.
Medication did not help me so I had surgery at 19 and again at 21, which involved having part of my bowel removed and a stoma fitted.
Despite this, I have never let it hold me back. I love playing the sport of camogie competitively and eight months after my surgery, I ran a leg of the Belfast Marathon. Last October I even did a skydive.
My message to anyone with inflammatory bowel disease or who has a stoma is, don’t let it stop you living the active life you want, you can do anything!
Timothy Cranfield
Alexandra Garrick
Fern Lulham
Shak & Natasha
Hannah Carter
Jade Kingdom
Ethan Mcinally
Hafsa Ur-Rehman
Olivia G
Hannah Baker
Ben Simms
Liam Thomas
Kiki
Jack H
Fixers
Me and my friends want young people to know that calories aren't the enemy!
Mary-Anne White and Lucy Wills
'Ben'
Lauren Taylor
Mason Latey
Macauley Collinson
Chelsie Brown
Meghann