Thanks kazbern, my wife gets bloodwork a few times a year and everything has been normal for the last two years. We're guessing the bloodwork from two weeks ago was also normal as we are told the GI...
My wife has had UC/Crohn's since she was 15 (currently 31). In December 2009 she had surgery to take care of a fistula and abcess after struggling with it for a few months prior. The surgeon could...
After a reversal of a colostomy, what happens to where the colostomy was? Do the surgeons stitch it shut or leave it open and it closes on its own? I have read of the former, but was told of the...
Prior to my colostomy in December '09, my stool would usually be loose but I managed by planning what I ate and what I was doing. Since the surgery (which was to take care of a fistula), my stool has...
The doctor said I was borderline because of the scar tissue build up. The colon may stretch after resection but it is not certain and there is the possibility that after resection there could be...
I have an endostomy and had a barium enema today that showed that there was some narrowing of the colon. The doctor thinks that I am a borderline case for resection, but that at my age (30) it was...