so ive had an interview and got a call back within half an hour with a job offer, ive signed the contract, have a start date and the only thing it is pending is a succesful pre employment medical. i...
Hello all I'm a 22 year old male and a qualified air conditioning mechanic. Due to loss of contracts at my work they are no longer able to keep me on. The problem is I am half way through my j pouch...
im 21 and live in australia, i had the first step of my 2 step j pouch surgery few months ago so i have a loop ileostomy at the moment, life is pretty sweet for me at the moment, feel free to message...
Thanks for the kind words guys Step 1 of the surgery I would imagine is easier if you have a Sub total colectomy and the j pouch not formed yet. Then step 2 the j pouch is formed that's why people...
gday im 21 years old and had UC since i was 8, this whole time it was moderate to servere and i also developed osteopenia/osteoporosis from prednisolone late last year i had signs of low grade...
I had my j pouch done in July and I still have the temporary ostomy My upper abdomen on the left side is quite swollen compared to the right and recently I have been getting a sharp stabbing pain...
ice tea is not a soft drink, well not in australia - delicious though my choice is coke, bad i know but meh love it...
Are you calling me sanctimonious? :/...
Nah they're full of worms and disease And yes some dude, something like that hahaha...
there is 25 million more of them here in australia destroying the enviroment, when i get a chance i'll kill them to :D thanks for the responses everyone i think i may go with a stoma guard to play...
hey guys ive had my loop ileostomy for 8 weeks and have been living life to the fullest just got back from a few days in the outback hunting feral pigs ( got 32 to those who are interested lol)...
hey mate im a 21 year old male and had my proctolectomy and j pouch creation/attatchment in one shot i was scared of the possible erectile problems but my surgeon assured me it was such a small...
Could people please let me know how much bleeding they were having? My j pouch was formed 2 months ago so it's worrying me. The blood is nothing compared to UC days but its still a 1/4 cup of mucus...
I had step one of a two step surgery almost 2 months ago I had it open to! The first 2 weeks was absolute hell. I'm not trying to scare you but I seriously couldn't imagine the amount of pain I was...
thanks for the reply sue i had a feeling that people would say its nothing but i just find it strange that i didnt have this tiny bit of bleeding a few weeks ago and then all of a sudden i do makes...
Hey guys I had the first step of my jpouch procedure on the 19th of July. Had a couple of complications but I'm doing great now and dealing with the loop ileostomy fine. A few times a day when I...
i got diagnosed with osteoporisis at age 19 lol how have you been going after your takedown? im due for mine soon...
wear a stretchy lycra band thing that goes around your midsection and thatll hold everything in place. im 21 and my gf is 20 and its been working fine for us ( im 8 weeks out from surgery) at first i...
thanks for the advice guys, im gonna try some bbq ribs tomorrow night i think, aslong as i chew well they should be fine and there isnt that much meat on them anyway. one thing i wanted to know about...
G'day guys I suffered with ulcerative colitis for 13 years and 6 weeks ago got step 1 of a 2 step j pouch surgery There was a few hiccups but I'm doing okay now I currently have a loop ileostomy and...
So I seem my surgeon today and he denied me from taking any immodium. Said it wouldn't do anything and that this is normal. Do you think it's a bad idea if I just take some?...
Thank you so much for your response I live in Australia and I can not find out any information about the types of pouches you are talking about. Are they easy to get? Food wise all I have eaten is a...
Thanks for your responses so far. I will talk to the doctor about the immodium. I'm still in hospital after 10 days but I'm not ready to leave. I'm having 2 stage j pouch surgery and I'm glad the...
G'day guys I recently had stage 1 of j pouch surgery so I have a loop ileostomy. I've only had it 10 days and havnt even started more then a few mouth fulls yet but the bag needs emptying on an...
yeah thats cool it sounded like you were having a go at me calling it a pissing contest lol i didnt mean it as a competition i just wanted people to share their experiences with the two. its good to...
no pissing contest just wanted to know the difference, thanks for answering...
I would like to know how the pain of child birth is compared to the pains from ulcerative colitis ?...
unless you've been taking the pred for longer then a week you should just be able to stop it and be fine. if you were on it for weeks however and you just stopped you'd be in for a bad time i think...
i used a hydrogen peroxide gel that you put in a mouthguard type thing, made a huge effort not to swallow any ( on the box it said do not use if you have colitis) about 2 weeks later i had the worst...
so what is the problem with your nightly binge if your only going to the toilet twice a day? sounds good to me lol...
i see where you're coming from about not wanting to do the enemas because of your age and situation. i'm only 21 and have had the exact same disease as you since i was 8 mesalazine supposetories are...
i'm 21 years old and have had UC since i was 8 got diagnosed with osteporosis from steroids at age 19 and just recently got told i have cell displaysia throughout my bowel having j pouch surgery in...
if you have ulcerative colitis the most diseased part of your colon will be your rectum, so thats going to be removed with any surgery...
You probably have ulcerative colitis. There is medication to treat it Nd if that doesn't work then consider surgery. I can't see how any doctor couldn't work out what's wrong with you...
Hey guys I am going to have j pouch surgery performed sometime in the next few months due to suffering with ulcerative colitis for 13 years ( and I'm only 20 ) and recently my doctor found cell...
i once got out of a flare using slippery elm, have been taking it for the last few years but have been fairly lazy with it lately. by far the best treatment for ulcerative colitis is mesalazine...
Having left sided colitis with an inflamed cecum(near appendix) is quite common with UC. I've had it for 12 years and had at least 15-20 colonoscopies and that has been the case a couple of times....
Thanks for the kind words guys. I used to be on this forum quite a lot when I was sicker. I have osteoporosis from pred ozone so looking forward to never taking that again and I have a colonoscopy...
have had servere ulcerative colitis since i was 8 and it has basically controlled my life since then my most recent colonoscopy biopsy results shown low grade displaysia have a consult with a surgeon...
thanks for the replies guys, i made a full recovery from the symptoms and for 2 days was perfectly normal and then yesterday they started coming back. i dont think it is my UC because you don't just...
i got shingles a couple of years ago whilst taking azathioprine, not fun at all...
hey guys, a few months ago i was on this forum alot as i was really suffering and was really considering getting my guts chopped out. i started LDN and ever since have felt great, pain gone,...
I was more thinking because of the pressure going way up when you're lifting something heavy. What do you guys rekon?...
hey guys i have been quite well since starting LDN a few months ago and have been exercising alot again. mostly weight training. very occasionally after a real heavy session i will have bright red...
hey guys i need to get my wisdom teeth out as they are compacted and are progressively making my teeth worse and worse. i am currently on LDN which will make this an interesting experience as i...
Hey guys this may be a silly question but I was just wondering because at the moment I am taking enteric fish oil because it desolves in your guts and am under the illusion it would help me more then...
Oh how annoying I just got some Kirkland ones off eBay. What is the Walmart brand ones called because fish oil is way too expensive in Australia so I gotta buy it onlineT...
i was looking at the ingrediants list for this fish oil and sorbitol is not listed, does that mean they have taken it out of the fish oil? sorry for bumping an old thread...
hey guys i live in australia and since i've been feeling well lately i have been excercising and eating more protein. i was wondering what is a suitable protein powder for us, i am currently having...
i'm a 19 year old male and when i was in a severe flare my sex drive disapeared, i had my hormones tested and had the testosterone of an 80 year old man, when i started getting relief from my flare...