J-pouch Life

I have found great solace and understanding from the incredible books by Richard M. Cohen.  Cohen has battled Multiple Sclerosis (MS), two battles with colon cancer and loss of sight, and he is still standing.  His first book is a memoir on his battles called “Blindsided: Living a Life Above Illness” (2004)   And his most [...]

In an attempt to make this blog as informative and helpful to a diverse group of j pouchers in all stages (temp ileo, perm ileo, no surgery yet, any stage welcome), we are asking that you send us your stories, links to your blogs, photos, links to photos, etc…We’d love to connect our network to [...]

Mike is an incredible young man who tells his UC and surgery story below. He is a great inspiration for many, and we encourage you to watch his video. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEE4KL8FhPs]

Here is Mark just grubbing on some good mexican food, and drinking a margarita.  It was really nice to be able to sit on this beach side restaurant and watch the ocean, the local families and just enjoy the day for a few hours before it was back to me since our trip to Veracruz [...]

This time Megan was preparing for a conference presentation at a yearly conference for her work.  At the same time, we were preparing to go and visit the GI, to make the final decision for surgery.  My last chance medicine had failed, Humira, and I was either to live unhealthy and predinsone dependent or agree [...]