Category Archives: Health and wellness

Oaks Barn Farm Safeguarding our Guests During Coronavirus Covid-19

In these times of uncertainty, we wanted to take this opportunity to communicate the measures we are undertaking to minimise the risk to our guests and Staff Team. Despite the worldwide circumstances, different from many accommodation providers, Oaks Barn Farm benefits from wide-open spaces and has no adjacent footpaths or road traffic so make theContinueContinue reading “Oaks Barn Farm Safeguarding our Guests During Coronavirus Covid-19”

Bowel Cancer Awareness 2018

https://www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk/bowel-cancer-awareness-month/ June 2018 will mark 2 years since my Bowel Cancer Diagnosis and July 2016 the anniversary of my new life going forward with a Stoma and no arse (not least as I knew it). On Sunday I will meet again with my consultant he for a photo shoot, ok perhaps not the kind IContinueContinue reading “Bowel Cancer Awareness 2018”

An NHS Worth Fighting For

An NHS worth fighting for? A little over a year ago I was successfully diagnosed and underwent surgery for bowel cancer, due to the location of my cancer my eight and a half hour operation involved removal of my rectum some re routing of pipe work and a new hole being created in my tummyContinueContinue reading “An NHS Worth Fighting For”

Bowel Cancer-It’s OK to cry.

So tonight some six months on, it’s hard to share the hidden side, but whilst being Cancer free, in the late side of the evening, having had a lovely day, it is difficult to recognise the hard reality of this recovery. Whilst irrigation affords for the most part freedom and independence from a colostomy bag,ContinueContinue reading “Bowel Cancer-It’s OK to cry.”

6 Months On

Well today I met with my consultant, this time under happier circumstances the last time I was in this room, I was sore, having stitches removed and was still unsure of the future. Today I am cancer free and talking of the future, once again I have written a letter to my Consultant, this timeContinueContinue reading “6 Months On”

Oaks Barn Farm Farmers Guardian Feature

“I wasn’t just another body for him to deal with- I’m a farmer” In the first of a new series to raise health awareness, Emily Scaife meets Wayne Smith – a bowel cancer survivor who is keen to spread awareness of the disease within the farming community. “Before I went into hospital I wanted theContinueContinue reading “Oaks Barn Farm Farmers Guardian Feature”

An NHS to be proud of

 While good news stories rarely make the headlines, Oaks Barn Farm’s Wayne Smith as a follow on from his recent article in the Farmers Guardian, Wayne was video interviewed on Wednesday by Susan Kirkpatrick Senior Researcher from The University of Oxford as part of the Inquire Research Project.   INQUIRE (Improving NHS quality usingContinueContinue reading “An NHS to be proud of”

Traveling Post Bowel Cancer

Traveling post Bowel Cancer: Different to my previous posts, although this not my first time traveling abroad it has certainly been the longest time spent away therefore requiring considerably more planning.For most holidays are complicated enough remembering everything required And trying to fit it all into your allowed baggage allowance whiteout going 1 kilo overContinueContinue reading “Traveling Post Bowel Cancer”

Feeling Alive and Lucky

It’s six months on from my operation to remove cancer from my bowel, at present I am poolside at Turtle Beach in Tobago. Last night by chance encounter, we met with a couple on their anniversary, not the celebratory kind but the anniversary of their son who died aged just 34, he had a swellingContinueContinue reading “Feeling Alive and Lucky”

Digging for Bowel Cancer

What a difference a day makes at Oaks Barn Farm, we approached one of our Twitter Friends @Scottlar https://twitter.com/scottylar to do some metal detecting on our bottom fields, he said he would pay £15 per day to let him detect we said we would match fund his contribution if we could donate it towards Bowel Cancer Awareness,ContinueContinue reading “Digging for Bowel Cancer”