J-pouch Life

Well, I am 15 months out now from my takedown surgery and things seem to still be working more or less flawlessly. I don’t really have much new to report that I didn’t say in my 9 month update. The one thing I can report about living with a jpouch is that of the pouch’s [...]

I am in the planning phases of the second surgery so I thought I’d share a little bit about what’s going on. Most of my life is currently revolving around getting my PhD proposal completed before I have my surgery. Everyone is being very helpful in supporting this process. I feel it will be much [...]

Here is a little vintage toilet paper advertising for you. The ad reads: Now at last smart young homemakers can have color in a truly luxurious bathroom tissue. Soft-Weve – softer, nicer kind of tissue – now brings you four gay flower colors…for wonderful “mix or match” color schemes. Nice, we could call this a [...]

The wonderful resources at Health Health Talk – Colitis have put together another excellent webcast. The webcast is titled “Which Medications  and Surgeries Can Help Your Colitis?” – The host Rick Turner is talking with Alan Buchman, M.D., M.S.P.H. about the following: Are you looking for more relief from your colitis symptoms but aren’t sure [...]

Hi, my name is Mike and this is my story of living with UC and having the surgery. The unique point of my story is that I’m a 22-year old gay male, and so, living with an intestinal disease has had a rough effect on my identity as a gay man and my overall self-esteem. [...]