J-pouch Life

AN interesting article from a recent study that connects IBD patients to higher risk of Depression like symptoms (anxiety, panic attacks, etc..)  Check out the article here:  IBD and Depression Article  The good thing is that there are many ways to address all the symptoms of IBD including the emotional and psychological repercussions now.

“Approximately 30 to 50% of individuals with the pelvic pouch will develop pouchitis at some point in their life.” -  Mount Sinai Pouchitis Information After 9 beautiful, flawless months with my jpouch, I had my first case of pouchitis.  It was pretty simple to diagnosis by myself, almost immediately went from normal BMs to heavy [...]

And another one is going in on August 22 for the colon removal surgery.  We are definately thinking of you and hoping that you have a speedy recovery!  Keep us posted and remember this is going to give you great health and many good years ahead!   Check out Steph’s page and link to her blog here!  [...]

Okay, okay…so at my 9 month mark living with my jpouch, I’m having a little set back.  The past 72 hours I have only had pure liquid BMs, I feel weak, exhausted and lightheaded. No urgency but feel I could go every 10 mins. No fever or anything, but do feel some like flu.  It has [...]

Hello, We want you all to meet Stephanie, she has started posting on her blog page here, she is about 2 weeks out from her first surgery, and she will be documenting her experience with photo and text :  http://ucstory.wordpress.com/surgery-photos-stephanie-l/ As you can see to the right, she is “marked” and ready to go!      [...]

9 months after my “takedown” surgery, here is an update on my status. My life 9 months with my jpouch now is completely normal, I don’t think about being sick. I don’t worry about what I eat (like UC days) like pizza, in my UC days I would eat pizza but I do it knowing [...]

I would like to talk about my battle with hemorrhoids and subsequent skin tags – I don’t much like them, however, they are my reality and so I live with them as best I can.  First, here is some good Mayo Clinic info on them:   Hemorrhoids explained by the Mayo Clinic  I think that it [...]

 Please Welcome our New Guest Blogger Rob B. Rob is headed in for surgery on Aug 8, 2008 for removal of jpouch and to gain a permanent ileostomy. His story is different than Mark & Carter’s because he had colon cancer many years ago, and it damaged his rectum area, leaving him with the option of a [...]

         Joyce is making a unique and relevant statement about her status a no colon card carrying membership, she tattooed the “NO COLON” logo on her tailbone!  Hahahaha, now this is awesome!   Megan was only so clever as to put the “NO COLON” on a cake for me when they threw me my “Mark has [...]