J-pouch Life » News 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 Western Diet Causes Inflammatory Bowel Disease http://www.jpouch.net/2010/08/04/western-diet-inflammatory-bowel-disease/ http://www.jpouch.net/2010/08/04/western-diet-inflammatory-bowel-disease/#comments Thu, 05 Aug 2010 03:33:50 +0000 Eric http://www.jpouch.net/?p=2499 IBD in Africa is rare to none You know, I’ve heard this again and again and again. I’ve heard about refined sugar and the like. In fact, I’ve read about this notion so often that I might be starting to believe it. What do you guys think?

From Science Now:

All those Lucky Charms and Big Macs that people in the developed world scarf down could explain why they are more susceptible to allergies, autoimmune disorders, and inflammatory bowel disease than residents of agrarian societies. New research suggests that people living in rural Africa have a healthier mix of microbes in their guts than do their Western counterparts, which may protect them from the intestinal diseases that are common in modern developed countries.

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]]> http://www.jpouch.net/2010/08/04/western-diet-inflammatory-bowel-disease/feed/ 0 Plaid Pantry Denies Bathroom to Crohn’s Customer http://www.jpouch.net/2009/09/16/plaid-pantry-crohns-boycott/ http://www.jpouch.net/2009/09/16/plaid-pantry-crohns-boycott/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:35:10 +0000 Eric http://www.jpouch.net/?p=2130 Boycott the Plaid PantryTime 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 pants.

Granted, it is an “employee only” bathroom, but hey, what is the world coming to when someone poops their pants because someone else is worried about… er… what? What, exactly happens if you break the rules and let a customer into the bathroom? You get fired? They steal toilet paper? Fine.

I would gladly get fired for breaking the rules if it were in the name of humanity, decency, or any of those other words that end in a ‘y’ and connote positivity.

Here’s hoping the next clerk is a nice one.

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]]> http://www.jpouch.net/2009/09/16/plaid-pantry-crohns-boycott/feed/ 9 From the WTF? Files: Man East Colostomy Bag Contents http://www.jpouch.net/2009/09/03/from-the-wtf-files-man-east-colostomy-bag-contents/ http://www.jpouch.net/2009/09/03/from-the-wtf-files-man-east-colostomy-bag-contents/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:37:50 +0000 Eric http://www.jpouch.net/?p=2109 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 then either ate, or pretended to eat, his own feces. The Sheriff’s deputy cuffed him and removed him from the room which the judge then closed for cleaning. Orr’s trial will continue next week. [ Link ]

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]]> http://www.jpouch.net/2009/09/03/from-the-wtf-files-man-east-colostomy-bag-contents/feed/ 3 Jpouch Happenins’ http://www.jpouch.net/2009/07/02/jpouch-happenins/ http://www.jpouch.net/2009/07/02/jpouch-happenins/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:37:19 +0000 Megan http://www.jpouch.net/?p=2002
  • 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 Blog Surgery Soon
  • Brevin has documented his recent surgery with these 2 active posts:  So Long Colon and the follow up with 1 month later.
  • Natalie’s story of UC to Jpouch living in the UK: Natalie’s Story

    • This month jpouch.net has had readers visit from 84 Countries! Welcome readers from Slovenia, Chile, Uganda, Kuwait, Iran, Bahamas, Taiwan, Germany, India, Canada, USA, UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Israel, Mexico, Hong Kong, Italy and more! Please reply by “Add a Comment” and let us know what country or state  you are from and why you are visiting jpouch.net!

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    ]]>     http://www.jpouch.net/2009/07/02/jpouch-happenins/feed/ 5     Teen Diagnoses her Crohn’s Disease http://www.jpouch.net/2009/06/15/teen-diagnoses-her-crohns-disease/ http://www.jpouch.net/2009/06/15/teen-diagnoses-her-crohns-disease/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:54:35 +0000 Megan http://www.jpouch.net/?p=1956 Teen Outsmarts Doctors

    Teen Outsmarts Doctors

    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 school biology class and she found signs of inflammation indicated Crohn’s Disease.

    Read the full story here: Teen Diagnoses Crohn’s Disease Before Doctors in Science Class

    Lesson of this story is that we know our bodies well and we must be active participants in the identification and maintenance of our health care.

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