J-pouch Life

To represent the others who are living, surviving and having their own journey to get to good health. We will be including  “Getting Healthy Stories.”  Below Jeff has shared with us his journal of his health. It is a story of struggle, love, support, disappointment and mostly this guy just keeps getting back up.  He [...]

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 [...]

Last night some friends came into town and we went out for a great Italian dinner. We got to talking about how much things have changed, and how I weigh 140 pounds now 5’6″. Just saw my weight, my UC weight was around 120-125. They were saying how they felt bad that while I was [...]