J-pouch Life

Time to boycott the Plaid Pantry, whatever that is. (Is that like a 7-11?). Reading through posts on the Consumerist weblog, trying to decide if I should subscribe to its RSS feed, I came across this article about a fellow IBD sufferer who was denied access to a bathroom. As a result, she pooped her [...]

Have I told you about our household love of Pure Citrus air spray.  As all of us have experienced more bathroom scents than non-colon challenged household, you’ll appreciate this product endorsement.  We haven’t been asked to endorse this product but I just have to rave about how wonderful it is. And how this spray saved [...]

This is really cool. 10 days post takedown-surgery. 5 days post hospital-discharge. Hiking a 3 mile trail with no bathroom in sight. This blows my mind, since I could not have done this prior to having a J-Pouch. My current level of energy is amazing. I don’t feel drained and exhausted anymore, so I’m pretty [...]

I know, I know, sexist, classist, beautist, racist, and all that. Why am I posting it? Because it’s true. We should have a line of posters that we create here at Jpouch.net – they could say things like “rock stars, they get diarrhea too.” “World Leaders, yes, they get IBD too” “The janitor at your [...]

Okay, so I think one of the big *fears* that people have about this surgery is how it might impair their quality of life. To them I say this; it has only improved mine.  Allow me to give you a scenario:  Shopping pre-surgery involved stabbing abdominal pains while browsing for blouses.  “Mother F@#!%!” that hurts!! [...]

I just had a colonoscopy (explained by Mayo Clinic). While in the waiting room I thought of my UC in general and came up with this list. If you have Ulcerative Colitis, you know exactly what a “Colitis Incident” is. I just didn’t know what to call it. It’s when you get that urge to [...]

Right on the heels of Lizz’s post come these high-tech space diapers: the wearable toilet project. Engineers all over the world have focused their vast brainpower to overcome one major obstacle—space pooping. The Japanese think they have a solution with their fancy new wearable toilet. Indeed, this is a far cry from the glorified Depends [...]

Here is a little vintage toilet paper advertising for you. The ad reads: Now at last smart young homemakers can have color in a truly luxurious bathroom tissue. Soft-Weve – softer, nicer kind of tissue – now brings you four gay flower colors…for wonderful “mix or match” color schemes. Nice, we could call this a [...]

I promise that all of my posts won’t be about the toilet, the bathroom, or a combination thereof. With that in mind, I’ve created a “segment” here at Jpouch Life called “on the john.” Hey, we do spend a lot of time in the bathroom, so why not make the most of it? This awesome [...]