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 that day. As well as a big thank you to you for making this site its helped me tremendously.
My Ulcerative Colitis Experience:
Its been one month since I had my surgery to remove my colon, and I feel so amazing. I have so much energy to do so many things. I am healing really well, waiting on my incision to continue to close up, the doctor said another few weeks and I should be good as far as that. I was able to have one of my drain tubes taken out about two weeks ago and the other one should come out tomorrow (that’s gonna hurt a bit). I must say I am really happy with everything, I wish I would have done the surgery when I first got sick, but like many people I was scared to death of the idea of not having a colon. I was also really hoping the medications would be able to help me get it all under control.
So if your wondering what I have been doing since my surgery here is a little list of things and I must say I still get so excited to get up out of my house whatever chance I get, because after spending every day of my summer laying on a bed, I feel I have to make up for that even if my body can’t keep up I still push myself to be up and active and enjoying the day until I feel like every muscle in my body is going to give up on me. The doctors weren’t kidding when they say, “for every day that you spend in bed, is two days it will take for you muscles to regain strength.” The biggest difference I have noticed since the surgery is that I don’t get so tired all the time from lack of blood in me which is awesome, because after having to get 10 blood infusions I don’t want any more of those (and thats why it is so cool for people to donate blood when they can because that saved my life more than a few times). I
I just want to say that for everyone who is beating this disease with medications and diet, I am so dang happy for you and I want to wish you all the best that it keeps working for you. It makes me so happy to talk
with other people who have UC and hear all about how their meds are working or that a change in what they ate was all they needed to get healthy again. For those who can’t seem to find a fix to this it really doesn’t hurt to talk with doctors about surgery, it isn’t the end of the world like I thought at first.
I also would like to send a shout out to Curtis and wish him the best as he continues to recover from his takedown surgery.
If anyone would like to talk with me about UC or anything I’ve got nothing better to do, since I wasn’t able to go to school this semester so I’ve got a lot of free time on my hands my email is trentjones10@aim.com, or find me on facebook.
Peace, Love, and Happiness.
Trent
Current Ulcerative Colitis Medication:
NONE!!
Well my Flintstone vitamins but thats it!!!