Hello, I just got back from the hospital today, Sunday. I had the j-pouch connected and was wondering if anyone can let me now what to expect for the recovery. I have a boy that is turning 2 on March...
look into having surgery. It has changed my life and Im only on step 1....
For me watching what I ate was key to controlling my UC. I never ate dairy, red meat, sugar and any fried food....
My doctor recommends that i get vaccines...
This doesn't work for everyone, but when I was on preds I would smoke marijuana. It sucked with the increased appetite but made the mood swings go away and helped with the general pains of UC. My...
I was on Ramicade for about 2 and a half years. towards the end I was getting sick after 7 weeks of the 8 weeks between infusions. The doctors put me on humira and that worked for a few years, I was...
Thank you everyone. The bag is not that bad so worst case is I will just go back to that. I appreciate all the feed back and help...
I guess I was lucky, I loved preds, if they weren't so bad for my bones I would stay on 40mg....
I have had step 1 of the j-pouch surgery 11-8-14 still waiting fro step 2. Is there anyone that regrets the j-pouch?...
my longest flare was a few weeks, Prednosones where my favorite drug and I had a very restricted diet (no red meat, sugar, and dairy, fried food pretty much anything good) I elected to have the...
Thank you. your comment has calmed me down about it. Thanks again...
i have had UC for about 10 years. The best thing i did was limit my diet. I would not eat dairy, red meat, sugars(except natural sugar), fried food. I would go years without a flare. I just had the...
hello, i had the 1st surgery in november and currently have a bag. Im nervous about how liquify the stool is, I am afraid i will not be able to hold the stool in. Is there anyone that has the j pouch...