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 [...]

James Orr, 66, was on trial in Cincinnati, Ohio yesterday for robbery and kidnapping when he disrupted the hearing with an extreme act of grossness. Orr reportedly asked his attorney if he had any food. When the attorney told him no, Orr apparently put his colostomy bag on the table, squeezed out the contents, and [...]

Congrats to Jamie, she is pregnant 6 months after her takedown surgery:  Jamie’s pregnancy post
News article on College Baseball Pitcher David Deminisky life with his Jpouch: Pitcher with Jpouch
Erin’s (22 yrs old), June 8th surgery, new blog here:  Erin’s UC to Jpouch Blog
Merry Lynn having surgery soon due to Dysplaysia from 10 years of UC: ML’s [...]

In a timely fashion to Liz’s post on Lets Just Call it IBD, I just stumbled on this story this morning on the yahoo home page.  Apparently a teenage female had been sick with IBD-related symptoms for many years. The doctors called it IBD, probably colitis. She took tissue from her intestine to her high [...]