A place to feel heard, understood and less alone.
Lived Experience • Awareness • Advocacy • Inclusion • Connection
My2FeetandIBD is a supportive community for people living with IBD, chronic and invisible illness — a place to connect, share lived experiences, discover practical tools and talk about the things others don't always see.
Community Blog - Lived Experiences from our community!
Welcome to My2FeetandIBD
My2FeetandIBD was created as a place where people living with IBD, chronic and invisible illness could feel heard, understood and less alone.
At its heart is lived experience — creating opportunities to connect, share honestly, raise awareness and support wellbeing without judgement.
What began as a space for community and shared experiences continues to grow, bringing together real stories, useful resources and honest conversations about the realities of living with illness — including Your Voice #ShowYourSurvival, #ProudOfMyScars, and everything in between.
You don't need to have the same story to belong here. Whether you're living with illness yourself, supporting someone you care about, or simply wanting to understand more, you're welcome.
My2FeetandIBD is an Australian lived-experience community created by Leah Turton, sharing real experiences of IBD, Crohn’s disease, chronic and invisible illness,
wellbeing, recovery and everyday life.
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Crohn's and IBD Symptoms Tracker
💜 New Digital Resource
Crohn's & IBD Symptom Tracker
Designed from almost 18.5 years of lived experience to help you:
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Track symptoms
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Identify patterns
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Prepare for specialist appointments
💜 Printable Digital Download
💜Available directly from My2FeetandIBD soon. 💜
WE ARE NOT INVISIBLE
Awareness matters.
These projects are part of the work I’ve been involved in to help raise awareness of IBD, invisible illness and the experiences that are often unseen — including World IBD Day and collaborations with other awareness groups.
WORLD IBD (INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE) DAY!
A SPECIAL IBD AWARENESS PROJECT
(IN CONJUNCTION WITH "TEAM TENISA!")
#iamnotinvisible💜💪🏼 #wearenotinvisible💜💪🏼 #teamtenisa
STRONGER TOGETHER
Connection can make a tough day feel a little less lonely.
Stronger Together brings people together through lived experience, conversation and community — creating opportunities to connect with others who understand that life with chronic or
invisible illness doesn't always go to plan.
Our gatherings are based on peer connection and lived experience,
not medical advice or professional health services.
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CHALLENGE ME!
Living with chronic illness has changed the way I approach some things, but it hasn’t taken away my curiosity, determination or willingness to try.
Challenge Me is an invitation to suggest something for me to attempt — whether it’s active, adventurous, creative or simply something different.
I may need to adapt it, take more time or approach it in my own way, and not every challenge will go to plan.
That’s part of the journey.
By sharing the experience honestly, I hope to show that setbacks and limitations can change how we do things without always deciding what we are capable of.
Maybe it will encourage someone else to give something a go too?
What should I try next? 💜👣
ASK ME!
Have a product, service, activity, venue or experience you’d like me to try from a lived-experience perspective?
I’m open to testing things and sharing practical feedback on how inclusive, accessible and accommodating they feel for someone living with chronic illness and changing day-to-day needs.
This isn’t about formal accessibility certification — it’s about sharing honest, real-world feedback based on lived experience.
Want me to put something to the test? 💜👣
