You found me!!! YAY! It was fun chatting with you tonight!...
Hi!!!! Are you my friend on facebook? I'm a mafia wars junkie! We should join each other's Mafia (if we aren't already) OH, and LOST is my favorite, too. You have exquisite taste, my dear! my user...
I'm on there! "Joann Finley" in Silicon Valley....
LOL. I'm so glad to be reading such positive news from all! Well, CeCe, if you can consider rooted up coconut trees positive! Congrats on the grandkids, both here and upcoming! Peggy, the hernias...
I miss all of you! I've been busy with life in general -getting back to work, and it was busy there! I had surgery on April 3rd to repair four incisional hernias. That was fun. Then last night ended...
OOOOHHH - sleep through the night!! Yeah, that's one of my favorites, too!!!...
I found the anticipation much worse than the actual operation. In all honesty, the pain from the operation was the least of any of my problems. Did it hurt? Sure, I was in some pain, but pain meds do...
Within the last month I learned to ride ATVs and to Snowboard. Both were sooo exciting. I found out you can do anything at all without a colon. (except have formed poops. Ha.) It's been quite a ride,...
Mine still kinda hurts when I cough or sneeze violently! It's been a year and a half. It's not painful, but I do feel it....
I haven't been around much lately, and I wanted to stop in and say hi!!! I do read up on y'all, though. It sounds like the "oldies" are doing well, and we've got some newbies, too! Nice to see that...
I love the SF Giants (baseball team), and my name is Joann, so sfgiantsjo....
OMG! AWESOME!!!! I'm doing a happy dance for you right now! Woo-Hooooo!!!!...
I had my reversal August 8th, and my doctor cleared me for gallbladder surgery for the end of October. I ended up waiting until Dec 5th, because of work and ER scheduling. I now need my fifth...
I have no urgency with my jpouch...even a little less than I did with my ostomy. With the bag, I obviously didn't have an PHYSICAL urgency, but I got paranoid about emptying the bag, and was always...
My take down was this past August, and I had a great experience. Not everyone has lots of problems. I was sore from the surgery, of course, but I knew how to deal with that from my previous...
HI! I definitely have no urgency with my jpouch. I can hold it for hours after I first feel some pressure. Sometimes , when I really push it, it can be slightly uncomfortable, just the way it is when...
I can't stress having an iPod enough! It helped relax me. I also made sure I had books, and pencil puzzle type books, like word searches, soduku, and crosswords, depending on my attention span! I...
Don't be too mad at your Doctor - most Surgeons prefer not to do anything else surgery-wise when they remove your gallbladder. The GB is considered a "contaminated" organ. If something were to happen...
I found some temporary relief through my chiropractor...but it didn't help me avoid attacks altogether. Also major diet changes helped. But, I don't know, I just wanted to get my life back, and not...
HA HA HA! I totally deserved that! But hey, it does work! I hope you get some rest soon....
I always question bowel preps since I've had my colcon removed, and every time I do, the surgeons say that I do NOT need to do anything, other than the whole liquid diet for a certain amount of time....
Does she have an ostomy? If so, how long has she had it?...
LOL! I asked my doctor why my incision was curved around my belly button, and he said that they could easily just cut straight through and the only reason they don't is because of what Sue said -...
Yes, my gallbladder stones, made me feel constantly nauseous. YUCK. And, well, to be honest, with no colon, and my sorry excuse for a digestive system, I'm always burping a lot! I've kind of just...
Here's a different point of view for you, because I did not opt for the perm ileo! I had UC, and had my colon removed in August 2007, I had an ileosotomy for a year, until my jpouch takedown in...
My Doctor said that triggers could be anything fatty or greasy, which you already know. He also included Dairy products. He said some people can have issues with Dairy. Now that I think about it, I...
For me, it's TV. And not TV that I am all that interested in, or I'd be like Summerstorm and start paying attention to the show. I usually have some sitcom reruns on and then it just lulls me to...
Thanks! Well, my GB attacks lasted from 4-10 hours each time, and I had then like 10 days in the san of two weeks. The pain from having it removed was bad for two days, and minor a day after that. By...
I had my colon removed August 2007, and my reversal Aug 2008. I just had mt GB removed Dec 5th. My doctor said that their could be a correlation between the two, especially if you've ever been...
I had surgery #4 on Friday, this time to remove my gallbladder. Luckily, they were able to do it laproscopically, so I am was sent home the same day as the surgery. This was my first laproscopic...
OOOH! I wanna play! On my DVR are: Heroes, Fringe, House, Private Practice, Ghost Hunters, Top Chef, Grey's anatomy, True Blood, Entourage, and Family Guy. LOST will be added once it come back, too...
Hi Slice! Good to "see" you! I'm glad you're doing better, even if it is a pain in the...well, wherever it is you give yourself injections! I hope things continue to improve. It never ends, does it?...
The EXACT same thing happened to me! I have my fifth surgery in 15 months on December 5th. Same issue - Gallbladder. My takedown was in August, no I'm back in again. Boooo. I'll keep you in my...
Actually, 10 times a day is pretty good for how far out from surgery you are. Really good, in fact. It can take quite a while for everything to calm down. Your body is adjusting, and your small...
Well, I'm not a surgeon, but from the way I understood it....when you have a temp ileo it usually a loop. So it's like a garden hose, they fold it, stick the fold through you abdominal wall, and make...
Good luck! I was very happy with my reversal. I just today found out I have an abdominal , incisional hernia that will need repaired. Fun times!...
I swore by sure seals!...
(good to "see" you, by the way)...
Ugh, I hated my loop ileo. What a pain! Convex wafers, eakin seals...I used them all. For me, the combination of Convex wafers and paste worked the best. Eakins were too much for me. The good news...
I had my reversal in August. I didn't have much pain, but when I did it was usually gas. And that eventually went away. The most severe pain I had post-reversal was when I had a partial blockage....
Hi Richard! I just now saw your post! Good to have you back around! I'm feeling ya' on the 401k thing. Boy, is that a mess. I'm glad to hear you are doing fine, except for the hernia stuff - ouch....
OMG. I have been having HORRIBLE TERRIBLE pains in my abdomen. Turns out to be "lots" of gallstones. I now need to have yet another surgery (#4 in 15 months). My GI is not very hopeful that it will...
Okay, I caught that I typed "rotting" instead of rooting", but I decided to leave it, cause I thought it was funny. Pyoderma is like rotting, so we kinda are "rotting". LOL. Or not LOL....
The only thing that helped me was having my ileo moved to the other side of my abdomen. Not that that's what you wanted to hear, but it was a solution for me. I hate the Dodgers, so looks like you...
To tell ya' the truth, I left my regular ol' "big" bag on. I personally liked being able to be spontaneous, over changing the bag. I wish I could've had both, but hey, you can't have it all. :P...
I think you REALLY need to talk to him. I personally can't imagine being able to have sex with someone who has an ostomy of any kind and not know that they have one. But if you are sexually active...
OMG! Congratulations! I am super jealous, my husband and I have been trying for 4 years, to no avail. Doc won't start infertility treatments until one year after my surgeries. So, next year I will...
I had my reversal about 7 weeks ago. I am very happy with it - but I had UC, not Crohn's. The X rays before the surery were no big deal for me. No pain, and it was easy to hold in the contrast dye. I...
Ask your chiro to lower the drop on the table that they use for pregnant women. It made me more comfortable, and I was still able to have my adjustments lying face down....
Isn't it divine? I'm glad your surgery went well. Now you can get on with things!!!...