Swimming wasn't a problem for me. I got one of those tankini with the little skirt bottom. You could not tell I had a bag underneath it, it was great....
Waiting for everything to wake up and start working is not fun. Good luck to her!...
I am in Northeast TN...
It takes time to get comfortable dealing with that thing! My Mom changed mine for at least 6 months before I started doing it myself. I guess I was lucky :) The itching is awful. I used to just hit...
My takedown surgery went well too. I was feeling almost normal in about 2 weeks. The first week was rough for me with gas pains and trying to eat again, but going to the bathroom was not big deal....
I am with you summerstorm - it is nice to say I HAD UC! We had surgeries around the same time. (my first one was March 2, 2007) It took me a while after that first one. I had some complications...
Dee - Sounds like you have a lot of support on this forum. It is comforting to see others that are going through the same things that we have with this disease. You asked about my surgery. A good...
I guess I will put my story out here. I made the decision to have j-pouch surgery and my first step was done in Mar'07. I am not going to lie - it is a rough surgery to recover from but in the end it...
I am sorry you are having issues with your ostomy. I had my illeostomy for a little over a year between my two surgeries. My stoma was retracted and was completely flush to my skin so I had alot of...
It is so hard to deal with a chronic disease like this at such a young age. I was diagnosed 6 years ago and I just now turned 30. I was on steriods non-stop for 4 years (along with trying ALL of the...
Surgery was the best decision I ever made and I wish I had done it sooner, but I tried all of the medications first. The surgery is a very hard one, I am not going to lie - but in the end it is...
I was on it for 4 1/2 years. Remicade was the only thing that allowed me to completely taper off however I had a flare within one month of being off of steriods. At that point I decided that surgery...
I was on 6-MP for about 2 years. I started at 50mg and then went up to 75 mg. It seemed to help some but I never was able to get off steriods until I started Remicade. I was able to taper off the...