J-pouch Life

My Story begins in February of 2000, 3 days before my Husband and I were to leave on a 7-day Mexican Cruise celebrating our first year of Marriage. We attended a Birthday Party that night at a local Mexican restaurant and I had to leave the table over and over again with terrible diarrhea, just [...]

 Please Welcome our New Guest Blogger Rob B. Rob is headed in for surgery on Aug 8, 2008 for removal of jpouch and to gain a permanent ileostomy. His story is different than Mark & Carter’s because he had colon cancer many years ago, and it damaged his rectum area, leaving him with the option of a [...]

People often ask how did Mark decide to have a J-pouch or Permanent Ileostomy?  And people often ask this question because we are told there is a high risk of complications, long recovery time, etc…But what we think is that this is a really complex question because there are so many factors weighing in, so [...]

Here is the recent post from a young woman who literally has been to hell and back with her UC, failed jpouch and now perm ileo.  The brilliant thing about this post is that in the face of all her health issues, she has found renewed health and she is a true inspiration story.   Let [...]