I never planned on getting a colostomy. I was lying in a hospital bed, when the IBD team at Cedar's Sinai Medical Center came into my room on a Friday evening, and told me a colectomy was scheduled...
Stress seems to be a trigger that affects my GI tract and sleep patterns. I'm beginning to believe my last severe flare up was a direct result from high stress for a long period of time. I was having...
The difference between a colostomy and ileostomy is the location of the intestine they use for the stoma. A colostomy makes a stoma form any part of the colon (the more colon you have the more formed...
Sounds like what I went through when I was 9. It took about 3 months before I was finally diagnosed with it in my sigmoid colon at 9 after a colonoscopy. I was immediately hospitalized for a week on...
It varies greatly between people. I had a colon resection about 8 months ago, and I have no dietary restrictions, and nothing really bothers me. In general watch out for dairy especially milk, and...
I was diagnosed at 9 :mad:, I'm 19 with a colostomy now :sad:...
I am not in any pain except when when I jump, then my abs feel like they are on fire. Before I got sick I could dunk, and now I can only touch the rim because it hurts too much to jump :mad: Uhh...
Isn't that where you fall in love with your doctor? I find it highly unlikely that shallow college girls will want anything to do with me if they found out I have a colostomy. I'm trying to keep it...
That looks pretty promising! I'm 19 and just had surgery last summer, because I did not respond to steroids, biologics, or immunosuprressents...
I was diagnosed with Crohn's in my sigmoid and descending colon when I was 9. I was told my growth might be stunted, which sucked because at the time I was on a club basketball team, and was a QB in...