Hi Judy- your life sounds really hectic right now, so you don't have to call me. I am ready, everything is ok. I;ll let you know when it is all over. Thanks, Shmuel's mom...
thankyou to all of you for being there for me....
Hi to everyone -well I started, had my last meal- a bagel with creamcheese this morning, was delicious and for about 2 hrs have been drinking the poison called= Golytely- I have it chilled with a...
Hi Janie, 2bcolon free, Jenise, Judy and Ada-perl and all the other women in this little friendly group- I think what I will do is dilute the go-lytley with water and stick the bottle in the fridge...
Hi everyone - my total abdominal colectomy with ileorectal anastomosis is on Weds. next week, I have to drink the go-lytely on Tues- and i was wondering if anyone knows how to get the go-lytley to go...
Hi Rosemary- My doctor will have the NG tube put in after I am asleep, it will be there when I wake up. He said he leaves it in place for 1 day. about the 50% part- he said that this is the percent...
Hi Janie, Judy, Lizzie and everyone else on this forum. I feel really bad for all of you that went thru the total colectomy and are still constipated, especially constipated with nausea. If you are...
Hi to everyone - tinkerbell, Judy, Jenise, Lizzie- I am really nervous. I am no longer working, as of 2 wks ago (I am a nurse), and next Friday have a final surgical appointment with the colorectal...
Hi Jenise- I have had an Indiana POuch placed for my urine. But on Oct. 14 will have a total abdominal colectomy with ileo-rectal anastomosis for failed sitzmarker test and 40 yrs of constipation,...
Judy- thankyou so much for writing directly to me. It is so comforting to know that there is someone else who experienced nausea with severe constipation. Constipation for 40 yrs, nausea for 2 years...
i couldn't hold 100cc in my bladder, it burned. I really don't want to put Dr. RAz on this website- just google him and you will find out what you need to know- just put in Dr. Shlomo Raz- UCLA...
to make the indiana pouch they use the right colon and some of the ileum, we need most of the small intestine to absorb nutrients. You may need to get the urostomy and wear a bag to collect the...
I agree with everyone about lifting. My bladder removal was in Aug 07 and I was lifting heavy things in Nov. 2007 and I got a lot of ventral hernias that were repaired Oct 2008. So forget lifting if...
Hi Sarah- my pouch was placed in Aug 2007, I never have bladder pain anymore, because I don't have a bladder. It sounds like you have interstitial cystitis, -burning urinary pain without infection....
hi Pelztier- I had my bladder removed and an Indiana POuch placed at UCLA by Dr. Shlomo Raz- he is the best. I had suffered with interstitial cystitis for 2.5 yrs and nothing relieved the pain. Now I...
Hi to Judy, Jenise, Sarah- I am a female, my laptop name is Shmuel. Thank you all for being so supportive. I need your support right now. My Total abdominal colectomy and ileorectal anastomsis is...
Hi - I would like to become part of this group, so I want to know if there is anyone out there who has been where I am. I had my bladder removed in Aug 2007, and had an Indiana Pouch placed in my...
Sarah- thanks for responding. i had the ileocecal valve removed and placed at the entrance of my Indiana Pouch stoma- it holds my urine, because I had my bladder removed. The doctor thinks that the...
2be colon free- thank you so much for reading my post and responding, you have been very helpful. Thanks,...
HI - I HAD THE SITZ MARKER TEST AND IT WAS ABNORMAL AND I HAVE HAD CONSTIPATION FOR 40 YRS TAKING LAXATIVES, BUT IT WAS NOT UNTILi I HAD MY ILEO-CECAL VALve removed from my intestine and placed at...