J-pouch Life

Well, I know, it’s no fun sometimes, that is, sometimes you have to spend time in the hospital. Hey, we’ve all been sick, had surgeries, or been visiting someone who has. Sometimes the computers don’t work in the hospital, or even on a sunny day at the beach. Now we have a new way for [...]

So my one-year anniversary of my first surgery is about 2 weeks away (December 10th), and I thought I would update everyone. I’m sorry, I haven’t been on this site in a few months, because I now have a 2nd job at a hospital and am very, very busy. I want to start and say [...]

I don’t want to steal thunder from Lizz’s post below. Nay, instead she actually inspired me to post my update. I would just do this as comment for her post but I don’t know how to add pictures as a comment. November 11th will be my 6 month anniversary of the first surgery and well, [...]

There’s that great line in the bible (or the Byrds song, whichever you prefer), “a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance.” Prior to my diagnosis of UC and, subsequently, Crohn’s, I was a devoted and passionate dancer.  It was my “thing.”  It was also [...]