J-pouch Life

Hey Readers,  We recently met Natalie who has just had a colectomy after living with UC. She has created a blog and we wanted to let you know about it. Email from Natalie below: I have recently had a colectomy in March and a reversal just 2 weeks ago tomorrow, following years of having ulcerated [...]

I thought I’d try something new and give you guys an update and link to other jpouch related blogs/sites.  See below and let me know if you like this feature by leaving me a comment, if you do, I’ll keep doing it. If you don’t, I’ll stop! Chaz just had his takedown and documented it [...]

  On this rainy but warm Saturday in Georgia, I am working on a presentation for an environment design research conference (my job outside of being a jpouch.net blogger).  The presentation I’m giving is on a case study of a sustainable and univerasally design inteiror renovation for a man with a spinal cord injury.  The client is a [...]

Alright, I’m just bragging now – but it is INCREDIBLE being a healthy couple again!  I simply appreciate every thing so much more now that Mark is healthy, it is like I am more alive and aware because I know now what it means to present in every moment in life.  You know, to cope [...]

We’ve recently had Christine and Ricardo post some comments. Ricardo on March 17 had 1-step surgery due to FAP. So he bypassed having the stoma and went straight to using the jpouch. He is having some gas and pain. Has anyone had the 1 step and experienced this type of pain and gas about 2 [...]

We want to introduce Jamie to everyone. She is going to be sharing her story and journey back to health on this site, as well as on her personal blog.  We are working on getting her set up as a blogger, but in the meantime, she sent us the most incredibly warm and positive email [...]

Recently, Lisa wrote us and shared her FAP to J-Pouch Story.  FAP (Familial Adenomatous Polyposis) is a genetic disorder that causes polyps and often cancer in the colon. It aggressively runs in families as you can see in Lisa’s story, but there is little awareness of the disease in the public.  With March being Colon [...]

Hey! It has been a busy few weeks, months for Mark and myself. We’ve now been in Athens (ATH), Georgia for two full months!  Seems so much longer, doesn’t it?  We really have taken on a new life here and it is going so well.  The first and biggest thing – we are no longer [...]