J-pouch Life

Since we love showing photos of wounds and such on this site, here is a story for you: Mark is out of town visiting family and he sent me this text image.  When asked he said he had fight with a bungee cord. When asked who won the fight, he said the bungee cord.  And [...]

One frequent question asked is if Mark’s surgery was elective? Yes, Mark’s surgery was technically “optional.” He could have lived non-functionally sick with his colon forever or he could have had the “optional” surgery.  A common question and one we asked is When did you know time for surgery? There are many posts out there [...]

To all our U.K. readers, check out Stew. He is living healthy with his pouch and has a fundraiser bike marathon he is in, and he needs just a little bit more donation to reach his goal. It is all to make money for his charity:  The IA Support Group. Stew’s Bike Ride Fundraiser Stew [...]

This should make you laugh for 3 minutes.  So appropriate, and we’ve all been in these stages before I imagine. I was laughing outloud when a friend showed this video to me.  Send us comments and tell us if you’ve laughed your worthless bowels silly!  Which stage do you relate to best….depression makes me laugh (ironic, [...]