Guila, When my daughter woke up from surgery she was a little emotional about having the temporary ostomy, but was able to get use to it within a few days. She really liked the fact that she didn't...
Hi Guila- My daughter had her surgery at UCSF. Dr. Varma was her surgeon. Her first surgery was in December 08, and had the 3 steps with the last step on June 1, 2009. Dr. Varma was great, my...
Hi Lentil and tbraz, Thank you for your thoughts and comments. We are back in the hospital. My daughter started passing large amounts of blood again. Two weeks ago when we were here they gave her IV...
Hi Lentil, My daughter had her surgery in December 08. They only removed the large intestine and left the rectal stump. She also has the ileostomy. When we came home she was passing the mucus and...
My daughter has complained many times about leg/knee pain. When she came home after surgery they had her on 60 mg of pred and nothing else. We believe it was the pred that caused the pain now that...
My daughter had became very sick in August 07. In and out of the ER 4 times before they finally admitted her and found that she had C-diff. They were trying to figure out how she contacted this...
You should contact the nurse to have them check your blood count since your energy level has dropped. You're probably going to need to take iron if you're anemic....
bbc - My daughter is 18 and just had the 1st step surgery. She was diagnosed in August 07 with Severe UC. Stopped responding to meds. She wasn't able to have dairy prior to the surgery everything was...
My daughter just had her first surgery December 08. She was diagnosed with Severe UC in August 07. She is also 18 and a freshman in college. She became sick again in October 08, she was in remission...