Summerstorm: Ok, I'm misunderstanding a few things now. After surgery 1 (with the ileostomy), it will start with liquid diet and then become low residue diet only... But after surgery 2 (take down),...
You sound like me... I can't wait to be able to eat salads again and strawberries and cucumbers!! I'm sorry you had no choice in surgeons. You must have really been in urgent need of surgery. Thanks...
uc_free- WOW... That's a little scarey for me and then you are a couple inches taller than I. I'm glad you are healthier now though. Hopefully this will be the case with me too. Do you need to be on...
Summerstorm- !!!!! You mentioned earlier "don't be surprised if your colon tries to fool you"... I wasn't sure what you meant, but Friday and Saturday- I was totally symptom free!!!! Then of course,...
summerstorm- I am very scared but I am very excited as well... hard to explain. I'm not going to cancel surgery plans at all! Do you recall how long it was before you could eat eggs or a sandwich...
ssarow- Yes, j-pouch.org was a fantastic site. It helped my mother to better understand the surgery as well. I've been surfing through their forums too. I'm finding the forums on this site are very...
Hi everyone, I just found out that I am going to have to have the J-pouch surgery. Went to Gastro and I'm out of medications to take... either the meds would stop working or the meds made me really...
@ i love coffee- Yes, it was really bad Saturday (another day of life wasted). However after not taking it Saturday night, I was at about 100% fine by Sunday night. Yes, it was the Imuran.....
I did read a few different j-pouch discussions (one was something like j-pouch success rates) and there was one person that complained about how the different clinics lie about the success rates....
First off, I am so HAPPY it can be done laparoscopic... That's great. How long (if everything went well like yours) would I need to take off from work? The anal mammography doesn't sound real...
@disneynut66- EXACTLY! I immediately thought it was my pancrease and/or liver. My pain just stopped since I didn't take my dose last night. As I just mentioned to 'notsosicklygirl', I'm really...
@notsosicklygirl & disneynut66- I went to bed in pain and discomfort (AND, I DIDN'T TAKE THE IMURAN BEFORE BED), I woke up today and have no pain and no discomfort! I haven't eaten anything yet (sort...
@notsosicklygirl- I'm going to ask my doc about 6MP... I'm not sure why she decided Imuran over any of the other immunosuppressants..?? I also wondered whether the Imuran (2 tablets over 1 tablet) is...
@ Disneynut66- This certainly helps me to feel better. In my heart I feel I should have this done too. I am about 30 minutes from Johns Hopkins and I believe I will reasearch docs from there. I can't...
@ Disneynut66- how do you feel about the j-pouch? I'm sure I'm heading in that direction (and I'm only 45). Are you perfectly fine now? How do you empty the internal pouch and how often? Is this...
@ I love coffee- NO WAY!!!!! Now I'm worried /community/emoticons/confused.gif ! Give me you opinion here... I stopped Imuran for approx 3 weeks and had no problems with the pain whatsoever. The pain...
4 weeks (started out with 2 weeks at 1 pill per day and then on the 3rd week, I started 2 pills per day). After about 2 weeks of 2 pills per day, I starting having a pain in the middle of my chest...
I had, for the most part, the same symptoms as you (or lack thereof) for probably the first 3 years after being diagnosed. I was diagnosed in 2002 with UC. I was placed on Asacol (2 pills, 3x day)...