J-pouch Life

Hello there people of the J-pouch and pre-post surgery / non-surgery world. My name is Eric, and I have had 5 surgeries for Colitis. I almost died. Now I’m both a high school English teacher and a professor, and sometimes my students make me wish I had passed away (just kidding). Just now I finally [...]

So, I went to see funny-lady Margaret Cho tonight. If you know anything about Ms. Cho, you know she does some killer, hilarious impressions of her Korean parents, and that she’s a little raunchy. She spent the better part of the evening talking about “her hole.” Her anus, to be exact. She started the show [...]

Some humor for all of you today. If you can’t laugh because it hurts too much from surgery or a flare – I’ve been there. If you can laugh, good for you! It takes a long time to “get over” the psychological ramifications of having one of the basic human functions completely effed with. Here [...]

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 [...]

Click on the images to see them at their full resolution. After getting out of the hospital for Step One, my wife’s co-worker gave me this card, which is illustrated by his kids. Everyone was worried I would have a negative reaction, be offended, and all that. I loved it, I laughed and laughed. You [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]