J-pouch Life » flare 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 The New Year’s Curse http://www.jpouch.net/2009/12/31/the-new-years-curse/ http://www.jpouch.net/2009/12/31/the-new-years-curse/#comments Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:18:27 +0000 Lizz http://www.jpouch.net/2009/12/31/the-new-years-curse/ newyearNot sure what’s going on here, but for the past two years, I’ve had a Crohn’s flare over the New Year’s holiday. Perhaps it’s related to stress from the holidays. Either way, it’s time to make a change. Bahamas next year!
Does anyone else notice this phenomenon? Things are going totally great, then all the holiday stress gets to you and *bam* tummy problems. The good news is, I seemed to get out of it pretty quickly last year, so I’m hoping the same is true today.
Hope everyone has a safe, happy, and healthy New Year’s!

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]]> http://www.jpouch.net/2009/12/31/the-new-years-curse/feed/ 10 Colitis by Numbers: Days Since Module Tracks Flares, Tapers, and more http://www.jpouch.net/2009/09/08/colitis-numbers-flares-tapers/ http://www.jpouch.net/2009/09/08/colitis-numbers-flares-tapers/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 04:46:26 +0000 Eric http://www.jpouch.net/?p=2111 Screen shot 2009-09-08 at 10.32.07 PMPeople always used to give me strange looks when I would tell them that it has been 485 days since my first surgery. I’m no “rainman” or anything, I just use a bunch of different forms of technology to keep track of my health. I’d like to start sharing them with you. Starting with the first one, well, aside from graph paper the first one: “days since”. It’s a “module” for Google’s personalized homepage, igoogle. You can add the module by clicking ‘add stuff’ from igoogle’s page or by visiting the author’s site here.

Screen shot 2009-09-08 at 10.31.54 PMAs you can see by the screenshot, it’s really simple. Sometimes simple is better. Most of the time simple is better. I like watching the numbers go up, and this helps me feel better too. Other possible uses for this could be: tapering on Prednisone, keeping track of how long it has been since your last flare, or just remembering when you last mowed the lawn!

I have a bunch of these technology tips, so check back for more of what I call “colitis by numbers.”

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