Hello everyone, On June 9th I had the rest of my sigmoid colon, rectum, and anus removed and are closed. The plastic surgeon paired up with my colorectal surgeon decided to take the gracilis muscle...
Hello everybody, just thought I'd give an update. One month until working out was a bit ambitious looking back haha. Rhe rectal/anus removal is not why though. The trouble I'm having is with my leg!...
Hello everybody. Yesterday I had my surgery. Sigmoid, rectum and anus were removed. He kept the same stoma I had going into the procedure, as it was already just 6 inches of so from the end of my...
And all of my disease right now is in the rectal area. My small intestine is and has been pretty much completely healthy for quite some time, so I'm a very good candidate for this surgery....
Thank you for the feedback and support! I have seen the same colorectal surgeon for all my procedures. I am having my anus removed as well and the area will be sewn up. He is having a plastic surgeon...
Hello, A little background...I am 22 years old and was diagnosed with Crohn's disease at the age of 10, I currently am on my second temporary ileostomy and have had it for three years now. I have a...
I'm 21 years old and I've done two doses on Entyvio. I'm taking folic acid and methotrexate with it. I've been pretty fatigued on it so far. I switched over from Tysabri, which was working decently...
Had my second infusion today. Pretty uneventful. The usual hour for infusion and an hour of observation afterwards. Feeling a bit fatigued like last time but thats about it. The time between the 2...
Hello everyone, I have lurked around this website for awhile looking up tips, etc. and decided I would get involved. So here is my background... Im 20 years old (sophomore in college) and have had...
hello! so here is a little background information on me. I was diagnosed with crohn's at the age of 10. This summer after failing to respond to humira, remicade, cimzia i had to have a temporary...