Reversal Advantages?

welcome to the site...you could also check out jpouch.org for some info on j-pouches...I am sure someone will be along with info on frequency and things following a pouch connection...Glad to hear you are doing well with your ileo:)

What has your doc said about your sports? You can do anything you want with an ileo, but contact sports might be a little over the top...

If you are talking abs/core, stronger is better for all reasons. You can't WORK them until you have healed fully. But that said having strong muscles supporting the surrounding area beats ones not getting used. Also helps with back issues. Get an image of beer gut (figured I'd get a universal, not ostomy specific image!) sagging. It pulls the back forward from the weight. And long term this can hurt!

Since having the surgery I've done a lot of activities and sports .. including ones I hear I shouldn't have done. Used to be a heavy weight lifter - think 300# squats. I JUST read in the past month I shouldn't have been doing that ... 10 years ago. Go figure! I teach fitness part time and hold multiple certifications. I know other ostomates who are very active. Would I avoid contact sports ... yes. Gymnastics? Depends on what you do - AND being healed fully. And keeping your medical types in the loop before you start something.

I figured my surgery gave me a second chance to live (literally from what they told me would have happened otherwise) so I have!

hi Essam, congrats on your first step to recovery.
i had a reversal on 16/12/08, i am alot better and have started the gym, only running not like you, i would only advice not to do too much too soon. like you i was worried about hernia's so i made sure i did no chores, got a cleaner and family helped out, cos if you look after yourself than you will be able to do other things.
as far as the ileostomy goes(i had mine done on the 24/01/08)i was really happy with mine, i had UC for 7 years so my life had changed, i had a planned surgery, they got it on time other wise i wopuld have had to have an emergency. my doc wanted to do reversal last summer, but i was so wishing to spend time with my children, feeling scared of the surgery, but i would definetly recomend it. you know no one knows wat lys ahead so don't think of wat if, as you know anything can happen and wat happens to one person doesn't have to happen to the next.

as far as going to the toilet goes i now go between 4-7 times but thats early days and to be honest i'm very happy as long as a can wait to go, i'm happy. but always expect the worst then everything seems better.

sorry can't help you on the sports. but good luck and always remember everyone here is there for help. they really helped me thru my surgeries.

tc

samie xxx

Back to the start .. the reversal part I can't tell you about ... I had the one surgery and that was that. Dead wasn't an option I was up for (I hear it's a big rush .. but only once!) so the surgery was the end. Who KNOWS if it was being done in the 21st century what I might have chosen!

Tumbles and flips .... I'm going to defer to the medical professionals who will oversee your healing time wise, as every body's body acts differently (that unique thing, yah know?). Once healed and approved? As long as you are comfortable trying it - baby steps, please first - and no one said 'that will destroy all the good work, doing that!' ... it is then a trial and error of what your body will go for. You have the youth advantage on your side. And also 'muscle memory'. Your body once knew how to do things .... allowing for the damage and healing of some of them during the surgery ... you can relearn how to do many things. And the body will adapt.

I might shy away from bungee jumping ... but that's me! Seriously though I can't think of much I wanted to do that I haven't been able to over the years.

Essam, I had a reversal December 15, 2008 and as of yesterday my doctor told me I could start weight training again at my own pace. Four weeks ago she told me I was able to start a walking regimen and now I can go back to my work out routine - slowly. It hasn't been that long since surgery. My doctor said if there are no other problems I can do whatever I want at my own pace, but just to be careful and go slow, see how it feels.

I only had the ileostomy for two months but I'm glad I don't have it anymore and I only go to the bathroom about 2-3 times a day and on a "bad" day I might go 4-5. But it's not like you think, it doesn't take me any longer to do that than it does to pee and it is never urgent. I don't spend my days searching for bathrooms everywhere I go either. As a matter of fact, I don't even think about it.

I just wanted to give you my experience...if you have any questions let me know. I hope I helped.