Helpful ideas about diet, treatment, moving forward, and life after getting surgery for treating ulcerative colitis.
Introduction: I am 68 years old. I have a permanent ileostomy due to severe UC. I also have a daughter who suffered with UC for 12 years before having a colectomy with j-pouch. How Colitis Surgery Saved My Life I suffered with undiagnosed UC for eight years. I had many colonoscopies with biopsies and no diagnosis. In July of 2009 I was misdiagnosed with Crohn’s.… Read More »Surgery Saved My Life
Have you ever had “STRANGE” symptoms such as bloody poop and crazy amounts of bloating, but put off going to the doctor…Well Cassandra did just that for several months, but after a few years, she is moving forward again and her amazing story if turning positive once again!
Hey everyone, it has been about 2 months since my first surgery and just another month to go until my next one. It has been another great month, I have been doing so many crazy, awesome, and fun things that I probably wouldn’t even have thought of trying before when I still had a colon. For starters I went to visit my best friend who… Read More »Its Been 2 Months Since Surgery, Throwing Out an Update
Introduction: Hey everyone, I’m Trent and I had colon surgery or Ileoanal Anastomosis if you want to get all the medical terms involved, well its been one month and I would like to share with you about how I have been doing. Also I would like to say thanks Adam for the awesome comment you left on my last post that really got me going… Read More »Its Been 1 Month and I’m FEELING GREAT
Introduction: Hello, my name is Trent and I was just a normal 19 year old guy who loved to cycle and play tennis and be out with friends but that all changed when I was hit hard with Ulcerative Colitis. My Story from Being in School to Having my Colon Removed: It was the last day of school for the semester, just finished my last… Read More »Being Healthy to Colon Surgery in One Rough Summer