Posts Tagged ‘takedown’
Update
Monday, December 21, 2009 14:43 6 CommentsHey thought I would post an update on how everything is going so far, it has been almost three months since my total colectomy and I am doing great. As for now as I am waiting to return to college in mid January, I am working out at the YMCA 3-4 days a week and [...]
Happy Thoughts 101
Thursday, July 23, 2009 19:58 15 CommentsThis is really cool. 10 days post takedown-surgery. 5 days post hospital-discharge. Hiking a 3 mile trail with no bathroom in sight.
This blows my mind, since I could not have done this prior to having a J-Pouch. My current level of energy is amazing. I don’t feel drained and exhausted anymore, so I’m pretty excited [...]
The First Surgery: One Month Later
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 22:15 9 CommentsIt’s been exactly a month since the divorce. To clarify: Divorcing from my colon. My colon doesn’t phone, it doesn’t even write letters to me. I guess it’s over. The break-up was pretty bad I suppose, considering they had to sedate me for all the pain. So here we are a month later and I [...]
Takedown feels like UC again
Sunday, May 31, 2009 14:16 4 CommentsOne of our fellow new jpouchers (1 week old jpouch) is having some issue adjusting to his new jpouch, some of it sounds physical and other of it sounds mental/emotional. I know when I had my takedown I experienced that as well, but I was hoping you could read through his most post on his [...]
Just a quick note about pills
Monday, January 26, 2009 5:27 1 CommentAfter I had Step Two of my three surgeries, I was expelling waste rather quickly. Too quickly, it seemed. I was afraid I couldn’t adsorb anything so my surgeon recommended chewable vitamins. Although they seem childish, you can absorb them better because you’ve chewed them first!
Even now, after takedown, I still take 2 chewable vitamins [...]
Mark’s 15 Month Jpouch Update
Sunday, January 4, 2009 19:56 8 CommentsWell, I am 15 months out now from my takedown surgery and things seem to still be working more or less flawlessly. I don’t really have much new to report that I didn’t say in my 9 month update. The one thing I can report about living with a jpouch is that of the pouch’s [...]


