J-pouch Life

I was recently reading the November 27, 2008 issue of Rolling Stone Magazine, and they did an article on the famous fashion designer Marc Jacobs. The article is really interesting and talks about his story of living with UC – it is excellent that someone so high profile is willing to talk about their disease. [...]

before it all began Hi everyone. My name is Casey, I’m 21 and live in Florida. I took a lot of pictures through the last year of my surgeries and decided to share in hopes of helping someone going through the same situation. Feel free to ask questions or just leave comments! my email is [...]

  before it all began  Hi everyone. My name is Casey, I’m 21 and live in Florida. I took a lot of pictures through the last year of my surgeries and decided to share in hopes of helping someone going through the same situation. Feel free to ask questions…my email is yesac87@hotmail.com or just leave comments [...]

I’ve found that there are two things that have made me feel better lately, so I thought I’d pass them along. First of all, going back to the gym has been really fantastic for me.I was initially leery of going for four reasons: (1) the thought of getting changed at the gym was extremely stressful; [...]

We are so pleased to be sharing Catarina’s story with you. She is 24 years old, lives in Portugal and has just had step 1 surgery due to her UC. Photos: Catarina in Portugal Be sure to visit her page and give her support!  What is so important that we must realize is that UC [...]

Open letter to President-Elect Obama Dear President-Elect Obama: We believe you will bring change and a united spirit to our country. Our letter to you is not political, but it is the voice of a family that has struggled in the American health care system to manage life living with a serious chronic disease. In [...]