As a "surgery folk" who has suffered from complications since surgery, one of which needed a surgical procedure to fix (abscess), I can still say my life has improved from surgery to UC. The...
I was on Remicade for about 1 1/2-2 years. It worked well in the beginning, but slowly started to lose its effectiveness. I upped the dosage and decreased the time between transfusions. It became...
Rice is the best for me. Also avoid juice and anything sugary. I had a lot of output after my takedown as well. It took some time, but things did adjust....
I would say time has definately helped. The surgeon told be it would take about a year for everything to adjust and some see continued improvement past that. I'm currently dealing with pouchitis so...
tiesto81: I finally feel like I am getting my life back. I've had some problems after surgery: cuffitis, abscess and now possible pouchitis. So far none of these have been as bad as my UC. I have not...
I had the surgery in two steps. The first was colonectomy and creation of j-pouch, the second was the reversal of ileostomy. My recovery for the most part went pretty smoothly. I did have a blockage...
I went from Remicade to Humira. After two years Remicade lost its effectiveness. I tried Humira, but it didn't do a lick from the beginning. After 1 1/2 months on Humira I was back in the hospital...