My surgeon told me that fertility rates for a j-poucher are %50. Once your rectum is removed, your reproductive organs drop making it difficult for the sperm and egg to meet. I got pregnant eight...
You have such a good attitude about what happened during your colonoscopy! But yes, I am sure you will be fine since you have no other GI issues. The problems that a lot of us talk about on here are...
This might sound like a dumb question....but can you have a j-pouch if you don't have a rectum? I still have my rectum and my ileostomy is reversible. However, my rectum contains some disease sooo my...
I myself have an ileostomy, but I know that people who have their small intestine reconnected say that they can't handle spicy food as well. I don't know much else about it... However, I hope your...
I think I miss the ease of wearing whatever clothes I want without thinking about how obvious my bad might look if it filled up and I wasn't near a bathroom. Lame, I know, but I'm a girl. It also...
Raw skin is my worst nightmare with the ileostomy. :( In fact, I would love my ostomy a lot more if my skin wasn't always driving me insane with itchiness!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But, I learned some...
Thanks for the input. I have never heard of Salts Ostomy supplies...definitely going to be ordering some samples....
I haven't showed it to a nurse...my insurance does not cover anything to do with my ostomy, so every thing costs me. It is irritated under much of the wafer, so I am a bit nervous to cut the wafer in...
Sooo I have been using Coloplast Sensura Click almost exclusively for a year and a half. I used Hollister some but I am not a fan of their pouch closures. They're kind of messy. However, my skin is...
I think it really depends on how long you were sick for. I had UC for a while before my ileostomy, but I was dreadfully ill for several months leading up to it. I was malnourished and low on...
I just flew from Florida to India last week. It was my first time flying with an ostomy period, so I was pretty nervous about this long flight especially. Well...going through security in three...
Mine is named Buttons...compliments of my husband. :smile:...
Sooo I am going to be in India for four months where it is super humid and hot. We will have no A/C so I am afraid about how this will affect my supplies. Does anyone have any info or experience with...
I began having ulcers on my stoma that have multiplied. I'm afraid of Crohn's, of course. Had an ileostomy over a year ago due to severe pancolitis and I am always living in fear of Crohn's. Does...
Thanks for the replies! My doctor didn't know for sure; she just told me there was a possibility of them interfering with each other....
I was diagnosed with UC just two months after my man and I started dating. Needless to say, I felt horrible, almost like I had wronged him as he began dating who he thought was a healthy woman. He...
My doctor told me I need to be on birth control because of the drugs she started me on. Has anyone had issues with the pill while taking Prednisone or Prograf? Most UC patients haven't heard of...
I have been wondering about this probiotic, VSL#3! I take three probiotics already but someone had recently told me about this one. I am glad to hear that people are having good results with it. It...
Yes, I have changed my diet completely...almost entirely gluten-free, raw fruits and vegetables bother me, very little sugar, no caffeine, no dairy, etc. What you said makes sense, maybe I should try...
Yes, I was diagnosed with fulminant UC, but after many treatments my symptoms have begun to slowly diminish. This pain I am having is in my intestines where it is ulcerated the worst. I do have other...
I had been on 40mg of Prednisone for a while and the doctor had me taper to 30mg a little over a week ago. I seemed to be doing fine on the taper with no returning symptoms. But a few days ago, I...