J-pouch Life » Chronic Disease http://www.jpouch.net Stories: Ostomy, Ileostomy, Jpouch, Colitis, Crohn's, Surgery and Support Fri, 30 Dec 2011 05:31:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Boots’ UC Journey http://www.jpouch.net/2009/01/04/boots-uc-journey/ http://www.jpouch.net/2009/01/04/boots-uc-journey/#comments Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:10:21 +0000 booties4986 http://ucstory.wordpress.com/?p=808 Men in Boots

Men in Boots

Hi, my name is Mike and this is my story of living with UC and having the surgery. The unique point of my story is that I’m a 22-year old gay male, and so, living with an intestinal disease has had a rough effect on my identity as a gay man and my overall self-esteem.

I was diagnosed with a severe case of Ulcerative Colitis in February 2008. In December 2007 I started going to the bathroom about twice day

Read my full story here and pictures are coming soon!

Photo via: ljcybergal

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