saw my surgical team today to sort out operation number 3, and they said that before they can book this in, i need to have a pouch-agram to check all is well? i know its some sort of dye/x-ray...
thanks eileen, thats put a smile on my face for the day-thanks alot!!...
im only a few months away from being reconnected and the bags being lost forever, and i was just wondering about getting back into shape and i want to get back down the gym and lift weights and put...
that long?!? i was hoping for a month or 2 as i want to get on and enjoy the summer months. been out of hospital 2weeks and ive had 4leaks (at home) not messy ones, just where its begun to leak at...
ive had the 2nd of the 3stage op, now i have the j-pouch inside me and just 1 more to go to connect me up, but the only thing is that this new stoma is flush with the skin and keeps leaking and its...
come on boys and girls, lets here them, i know that a large percentage of ppl who have been through the lot, are now getting on with their lives and not looking at boards like this, but who on here...
i was in hospital for 1 week, pain wasnt too bad, more a discomfort than anything and i was able to walk around the house (albeit slightly bent over) for bout a week, then everything returned to...
i go in on the 28th feb for my second of 3 ops, this 1 to make the j-pouch and the 3rd to rid me of the bag, but after all this is done, what kind of life can i expect to lead? will i be able to go...
got my next op on the 28th feb, to create the j-pouch, not really nervous, just want this 1 out the way then im having the 3rd and hopefully final op in april to rid me of the bag. my 1st op was...
same thing happened to me... i was enjoying life, at 23, going to the gym etc etc and then after a bout of food poisoning, my life was turned upside down. i lost nearly 3 stones in a year, couldnt go...
i know its probably not the best thing to do and it may put pressure on people, but how many people have kept the fact they've got a bag a secret? i have to admit that only my very close family know...