J-pouch Life

Hi, How are you doing?  I’m okay but I’ve got some things on my mind.  Last night Megan and I went out to a great little Italian restaurant. Since we are new to town we still have the excitement of trying new restaurants. We were very gluttonous at dinner, we had 2 glasses of wine, [...]

It has been a while since I was on a good fiber schedule due to the unrest in our life with selling the house, moving, and being insanely busy. But now that we’ve settled back down in our new town and into our new home, I’ve been able to get back into a routine. And [...]

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 [...]

David Garrard is a pro football player who has been vocal about his battle with Crohns disease.  It is great that these commercials are running on tv and are out for all people to view.  Three big cheers to David Garrard for being brave enough to promote disease awareness. Now, we need to find our UC to Jpouch spokesperson. [...]

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 [...]

Colon Club Colondar 2009 It is time for the 2009 Colondar. from the Colon Club, the 2009 Colondar tells the remarkable stories of colon cancer survivors. The colon calendar is $16.00 and well worth the money to support colon cancer awareness. Be sure to support the cause, and buy the colondar for yourself and family [...]

We are super excited to introduce Gil to the blog!  Gil at 16 years old, has recently had surgery and pending step 2.  Be sure to visit Gil’s surgery photos and story at Gil’s photo journal of UC to Jpouch . “I’m Gil and this is my transformation story from Ulcerative Colitis to a J-Pouch.” [...]

Here is a great thread that just started on the jpouch.org site that has people with long-term jpouches talking about his or her pouch.  Some interesting info: Long-Term J-Pouchers Jpouch stories good results

Be sure to stop by Steph’s page, she has just updated her surgery photos now that she is one month out of surgery!    http://ucstory.wordpress.com/surgery-photos-stephanie-l/