It was emergency surgery because my body wasn't taking anything in and I was loosing weight so rapidly - they were also worried my colon would perforate it was so diseased. I'm very glad I had it...
Hi there, I just had an emergency ileostomy over the holidays - it hasn't been easy and it is sometimes tough adapting to life with an ostomy bag, but I keep reminding myself that at least I'm...
Hi Princesscolon, I have read some of your posts on the UC board too - I used to read it before, but now I've switched to the ostomy board since having my emergency ileostomy over the holidays. I was...
Thanks everyone! The gas is definitely starting to go down a little as I'm being even more cautious to eat low-residue food (although it seems so unhealthy compared to what I'm used to eating - white...
Thanks so much for your reply, Amey. A lot of it right now is just wanting to know what I'm going through is normal and trying not to stress about every little thing. I'm so afraid of ending up back...
Hi everyone, I've been reading through the posts with great interest since having my colectomy on Dec. 24. I was hospitalized the week before that with another UC attack and nothing was working to...
Hi Molly! I just had my colectomy on Dec. 24. It was very scary and I can totally understand everything you have gone through. I'm back home recovering now. Although I know I feel better than I did...
I actually can't wait to have my surgery. I'm scheduled to have step 1 of a 3 step j-pouch surgery at the end of January. I'll have the bag for awhile after step 1 until I heal well enough to go on...
To answer your Remicade question: my doctor still observes the protocol of giving both Imuran/6mp and Remicade together, and he tells me most GIs in Canada are still of the view that there is enough...
Hi (I normally post in the Ulcerative Colitis section, but I thought I'd try here too), I have a bit of a dilemma: whether to take Remicade in combination with 6mp or whether to take it alone. My GI...
Hi, I have a bit of a dilemma: whether to take Remicade in combination with 6mp or whether to take it alone. My GI told me that most GIs in Canada recommend taking both together in the believe that...
Update from GI: so my GI told me at my appointment today that he feels quite comfortable with me taking 6mp and getting pregnant. He isn't up to date on breastfeeding issues though. He is referring...
I can't believe so many of us are in the same boat. LWW1993, we are in almost exactly the same position -- I have a 15 month old baby and flared post-pregnancy in a terrible way and I've been trying...
Hi, Congratulations on your pregnancy! I'm glad everything is going smoothly. That's great. My pregnancy went pretty well until the last trimester when I started flaring, so fingers crossed that...