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Posted 1/5/2009 1:19 PM (GMT 0)
Is there some upside to this? Humorous responses are acceptable.
Posted 1/5/2009 1:32 PM (GMT 0)
Loosing extra weight...:-)) But in these conditions, I would prefer to be choby and healthy :-))
Posted 1/5/2009 1:33 PM (GMT 0)
While out in a public place and if we are with a friend that has to use a restroom, at least we can tell them where it's at?? :) Oh and what about, we can honestly tell someone what the best toilet paper is?
Posted 1/5/2009 1:35 PM (GMT 0)
Well, one plus side I've found is I always have an excuse to get out of doing literally anything I don't want to.

And also, I'm getting scoped and checked out and blood tested so often that if anything ever was wrong in my body, I'd likely catch it really early and have much better chances than a healthy person who never goes to the doctor and comes down with something without realizing it.
Posted 1/5/2009 1:36 PM (GMT 0)
Oh and yeah, staying skinny without diet or exercise is certainly a plus.
Posted 1/5/2009 1:39 PM (GMT 0)
and just think of the quality time on the throne.... lot of reading getting done.
Posted 1/5/2009 1:44 PM (GMT 0)
These replies made me laugh...I needed that seeing that I just had a horrible night! I like the comment about knowing where the bathrooms are - that's so true! Today it's hard for me to come up with any positives about UC...sorry.
Posted 1/5/2009 2:49 PM (GMT 0)
You get a whole lot of time to read while sitting on the toilet.
Posted 1/5/2009 2:58 PM (GMT 0)
Poop/bathroom jokes and conversations are no longer taboo in my family! :)
Posted 1/5/2009 3:03 PM (GMT 0)
Seriously, there is a bright side and that is , it's not CD...at least with UC we can have surgery cure us and also get a J pouch...I consider that a blessing to have as an option : )
Posted 1/5/2009 5:23 PM (GMT 0)
The bright side for me: it was the wake up call I needed to clean up my act, start eating healthier, working out regularly and feeling much better.
Posted 1/5/2009 5:27 PM (GMT 0)
greaat responses! I lost 40 lbs when I first got sick and then when I was put on pred. I gained it all back. So, I am chubby and sick... Oh, that's not the bright side...

Bright side- I don't let little things bother me as much as I used. One, I don't have the energy and Two, there is always bigger fish to fry

yeah
Posted 1/5/2009 6:17 PM (GMT 0)
1. The weight loss.
2. A reality check when I got diagnosed at 31 that I'm not young and invinceable.
3. Got me over any modesty/squeemishness/fear of doctors, etc.
Posted 1/5/2009 6:30 PM (GMT 0)
Definitely weight loss was nice. I just pulled out my jeans from when I was sick with my first flare and I couldn't believe that I ever that skinny! After I was in remission I went a little hog wild with the food and then the freshman 15 came!
Its also like my get of a jail free card. There are some privileges I get that others don't just because I have UC. Like in high school if I ever overslept my parents would just write a note saying my stomach was bothering me (even though it really wasn't!) and they couldn't do anything because it was noted on my file :)
Posted 1/5/2009 6:37 PM (GMT 0)
It has made me realize not to take things for granted and to not sweat the small things.

I still worry alot about how I will progress with this as I am only newly diagnosed and not sure what to expect from my body...BUT...I have done well at putting the smaller things in life that used to drive me crazy and realize that they are not all that important in the big picture.

 

Posted 1/5/2009 7:51 PM (GMT 0)
I've met great people on this forum.

I can take 15 meds/supplements at one time...great skill.

I pretty much can use a roll of toilet paper myself in one day...expensive habit.

I have experience to make suggestions.

I've learned how to research and now type a lto betetr thne I evor didd.

quincy
Posted 1/5/2009 8:10 PM (GMT 0)
I've learned to take pill after pill after pill without needing any water!
Posted 1/5/2009 8:46 PM (GMT 0)
I have proven my strength and have less fear of anything.
Posted 1/5/2009 8:47 PM (GMT 0)
Oh, and the pill thing. No water necessary. Too funny.
And knowing where bathrooms are!
Posted 1/6/2009 2:36 AM (GMT 0)
I'm not afraid to die.
Posted 1/6/2009 2:57 AM (GMT 0)
Great question - for me, the advocacy now of promoting IBD and Jpouch awareness has given my life purpose that I didn't have before. We started the blog as a way to talk with our family/friends through my surgeries and stuff and now it has helped some others. I guess it feels good to have purpose even out of all the hardship of living with UC for so long.

Mark
Posted 1/6/2009 4:28 AM (GMT 0)
I know how you feel as I too have recently felt the same way due to this stupid disease...but thanks to increasing the cortifoam I'm starting to turn the corner (I think/I hope/I pray)

jars05 said...
I'm not afraid to die.


Posted 1/6/2009 5:44 AM (GMT 0)
It's not Ovarian Cancer. It's not lung cancer.
Posted 1/6/2009 5:50 AM (GMT 0)
the blue stuff they give you when they scope you.

the relief you feel when you can finally take a normal dump. you never take it for granted again.
Posted 1/6/2009 6:30 PM (GMT 0)
For me, I don't have to worry about driving drunk. I eat and eat and don't gain much weight. I can spot a bathroom by the architechture/design of the building (lol, call that a sixth sense) and well at the university I have some benefits as a student with disability. I can make anyone laugh because of my poop jokes :)
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