In answer to your questions: 1) I'd say unless you are lucky give yourself 6 months from the first surgery to the time you are feeling ready to get out and take on the world agian. (2 months after...
As far as trouble going and time spent on the toilet that is actually one of the nice things about the pouch, I can go in about 5 mins or less. Once agian it took me near a year and a half to be able...
It's not ridiculous to consider surgery but you have to weigh the good with the bad. For example I'm 2 and half years post op and I go to the bathroom 3 to 6 times a day, I still will struggle with...
This is funny I was just getting on here to talk about how successful my J-pouch surgery has been. I would reccommend it if it is an option. Its been about 2 and a half years but I'm basically...
Never had pain from taking Immuran, it does take a few days to a week or so for Immuran to help if you were having a flare before you started the medicine, perhaps thats the pain. Nausa was pretty...
Coffee has different effects I never had an issue with it but when I would flare really bad I would normally get off of it just because it does make you go a little more often. Don't know why your GI...
I got on this site after I had a complete removal of my large intestines and a j-pouch reconnection, but kind of lost touch when I got busy with life. Amazing results still feeling great and...
i'm in michigan...i haven't gone to them yet but i've been thinking about it alot of people have mentioned to do so would they help in this situation??...
Just to answer you specifically supersaw...I understand it may not be the best idea in the world but its something i feel very strongly about doing, i don't know why i feel about it the way i do but...
thanks you everyone...its always helpful for me to have outside thoughts being i get so caught up in some things especially when i feel i am right. the army is not my only course of action right...
Hey all For those of you who don't know I recently got the J-pouch surgery and have been doing wonderfully. However I have always wanted to join the army, I tried at the age of 18 when I was still...
thank you emily yes i did read it that is my second option i felt that details from the surgeon might go over better originally being he can tell them exactly my physical limitations and background...
hey all so i went back in to talk to the army about not getting waivered along with reading the email that was sent from the MCO my feeling is that they think i still have U.C. being that the...
may put u on some sort of enima like rowossa thats what they would do for me when the preg wouldn't work watch wat you're eating some foods will make a flare worse i know it sucks but cut back to...
no mudua i'm actually looking at going 81W which is a metal worker... my other choice was 19D which was a cav scout but that was only because 81W was filling up due to the shitty economy they have...
So i've been trying to get into the army for the last 9 months after i got my Jpouch surgery. those of you who have been following know all about my issues and such and thanx for the support...
if your bum is burning really bad there is an amazing cream i use since my surgery it's called Calmoseptine. you can put it on as much as you want it don't smell bad or anything and it soothes...
don;t have a colostomy have a j pouch but my father has the permanant colostomy and you'd never know really. i had it for a month inbetween my first and second surgery and i don't know how he does...
your not really in remission the pregnison is helping but thats what it does basically as soon as the drugs get lowered the flair comes back because you are still flairing just being controlled by...
Hey all i got my clearance from my doctor today so i went up to my recruiter and spent about 2 hours going through the paper work... he's got me started with my application and all that but he said i...
I feel you i played football during highschool but I would have to say i never gained my stamina to the extent of when i was heathy. you can either push through it and kill yourself trying to do what...
could just be a tough case in that you don't fall into the "normal" diagnosis i know i had UC and had a ton of pain all the time in my gut everyone is different...its also possible to be in that...
you sound like your getting improvement but watch it because it doesn't mean the flare has ended just calmd down a lil you could flare back up and get worse watch what you eat i know in my case when...
/community/emoticons/turn.gif thank you all for your quick and helpful responses, in response as to why...i would say its a mix of reasons...i always wanted to and couldn't...i want to serve my...
I just had the J pouch surgery and i would recomend it however there are a few other choices that you should at least look into. LIke I said i got the surgery 7 months ago. the J pouch surgery...
unfortanetly its more likely chrones....UC sticks only to the large intestines where as chrones can show up through out the entire digestive tract...
When i was first diagnosed i saw blood for a long time after i was considered "under controll" now in my case i never went into remission so i would have days where everything was normal and then...
I can tell you how far I let it go. I was diagnosed at 13 and like you never went into remission. After missing most of my freshman year of highschool and spending 2 seprate week to week and half...
I know from my own experience that milk is still bad for me even after having the J pouch surgery I have tried to drink milk again and within the hour I find myself going to the bathroom and then 2...
Hi i'm new to this... I am a 21 year old male. I was diagnoised with UC when i was 13 and I got the J pouch surgery this last august and september at the age of 20 I have been feeling wonderful and...