Hi! I am 9 days post-op from my reversal!! Congratulations!! OK- I do not have skin clips, I had 3 very loosley ties sutures that dissolved and my would is sort of open while it is healing. Almost...
thanks for the information! both of these stories arent so bad... and i hope to have similar results!! :-)...
Hello guyS I am having my takedown surgery tomorrow and would love some feedback on life after with the pouch... i am extremely anxious about how life will go and how much i will be using the...
i think you can definately go without eating....... but drink gatorade or similar to keep up your sodium intake. you can live without eating just not without drinking. good luck and enjoy the...
I havent posted much on this site but i do follow alot of you and have read many of your stories which lead me to the ultimate decision to have surgery...... I had my gastrograffin (not sure of the...
i to had this problem after my surgery.... i am 7 weeks post-op. order some adhesive rings ..instead of paste.. when you change your eqiup. blow dry that area really well and put some diaper cream on...
yay for you!! i am 3 weeks post-op the first j-pouch surgery!! i am counting down to #2.... glad to hear all is well!!...
i had J--Pouch surgery #1, 3 weeks ago. I feel great but I am scared to death to eat anything other than white carbs or yogurts, puddings....etc. I am really craving peanut butter sandwich and...
I am 29 yrs old and 7 days post op from my first of 2 j-pouch surgeries! i will have takeodwn in 3 months. thank you for posting this i have been curious what the next surgery will be like! good luck...
Hey Trying!! Remember me? im form Roanoke as well. I had surgery on the 9th here in town and left hospital this past Monday! feeling great and looking forward to round 2 to get this bag off!! i am so...
i am a 29 yr old mother of 1. i have been fighting the good fight for 3 llllooooonnnnnggg years. remicade did keep me in remission for a year and suddenly about 2 and half weeks ago that failed as...
going in today for another surgery consult, meeting the stoma nurse tomorrow and trying to swallow my fear and do this!!! time to take my life back!...
Sending thoughts and prayers your way. REMI-Start is a great prgram, i was just accepted last week. you can call the number... i will try to get it for you and send through here- the key words are......
I was seeing Dr Dennis Weiserbs.... what a quack.. couldnt see anyone else as they were too busy for my needs at the time. Dr Munson is a good family friend and though if i decide to have surgery i...
i live in roanoke as well... who is your GI doctor in town? i gave up on rke gi's 2 and a half years ago. good lucj with surgery and please keep me posted........i am at the breaking point!!...
thank you so much for replying!! Dr Brian Behm is actually my GI doctor... funny. He is not on board with this and neither is my PCP because they want me to keep medicating but as a working mother of...
mother, i am a 29yr old mother of 1. thank god i am the one with this and not her. i cannot imagine what you are going through. i have had pancolitis for 3 years and am typing you form the hospital...
i live in virgina and i am typig this while sitting in the hospital waiting on this flare to calm down enough so i can go home. i am at the point in my life that i am seriously considering the...