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1 Year Anniversary NO UC!
UC to Jpouch Story | July 6th 2008 by Megan
THREE CHEERS TO RENEWED HEALTH! “Every event, every situation in which you may find yourself has a positive value, even the dramas, even the tragedies, even the thunderbolt from a calm sky.” - Arnud Desjardins I have my step 1 one year read more
Communicating about UC
UC to Jpouch Story | July 6th 2008 by Megan
WEBCAST: No One Understands My Pain: Communicating about Crohn’s & Colitis Health Take has offered a very good webcast on how to talk to others about the disease you are living with. The w read more
Sex and Intimacy
UC to Jpouch Story | July 3rd 2008 by Megan
Sex and Intimacy, Guide for Men and the people who love them Webcast Oh, the tricky part of chronic disease. And the part we don’t nearly talk about enough, sex and intimacy. I found the above webcast from male living with Crohn’s to b read more
Ginger Herb
Herbal Medicine, Herbal Remedies, Supplement Herbs | July 2nd 2008 by Rocky
Ginger has been used for thousands of years in Chinese medicine to treat problems such as vomiting, abdominal bloating, diarrhea, coughing, and rheumatism. Tibb and Ayurvedic medicine also uses ginger to treat inflammatory joint diseases including rh read more
Songs about UC
UC to Jpouch Story | June 29th 2008 by Megan
There are no words to describe how awesome this is, Jordan Sweeney has taken his talent for music and written an album about living and battling UC. You must listen to his songs, and buy his album to support great work on bringing awareness to UC. Hi read more
Ileostomy Stoma Photos
UC to Jpouch Story | June 29th 2008 by Megan
Instead of Providing you with ONLY photos of Mark’s Temporary Loop Ileostomy, we’ve started asking others to contribute their stoma photos. Now, please note, these are Loop Ileostomies, which means that they are likely temporary. There ar read more
Potential Problems After Surgery
UC to Jpouch Story | June 29th 2008 by Megan
Many people are concerned about the longevity of their jpouch. How long will it last? What types of complications might potentially occur? Here is a link to an excellent site that gives you really good in-depth and objective info on the Potent read more
The Source of Great Courage
UC to Jpouch Story | June 27th 2008 by Megan
I read this today from my daily thought book and the quote says: “When we feel repsonsible, concerned, and committed, we begin to feel deep emotion and great courage” - 14th Dalai Lama I am working on my dissertation, often long times of read more
Interactive Tutorial on UC
UC to Jpouch Story | June 25th 2008 by Megan
This is a great Interactive Ulcerative Colitis Tutorial. It is pretty basic info, but it is comprehensive and it is really easy to follow. Plus, there is a cool explanation how food goes through the digestive system. Info from Medline Plus. Im read more
Alternative Medicine for UC
UC to Jpouch Story | June 25th 2008 by Megan
A big question for many people with UC is whether or not to try alternative medicines. There are so many avenues in which to talk about this topic, and I am NO expert, but for starters here is a good starter article from Mayo Clinic: Alternative M read more
IBD: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Chronic Pain | June 24th 2008 by Tina Samuels
IBD, or inflammatory bowel disease, is the term for a pair of intestinal inflammation disorders called Crohn’s disease and Ulcerative colitis. Chronic inflammation of the intestines from various symptoms is the categorization of inflammatory bo read more
Ulcerative Colitis
Chronic Pain | June 23rd 2008 by Tina Samuels
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Discussion on to wait for UC surgery
UC to Jpouch Story | June 23rd 2008 by Megan
Webcast of Why you shouldnt wait too long to have surger for colitis? Hosted by HealthTalk on June 23, a Don’t Miss! “Colitis and Surgery: Why You Shouldn’t Wait Too Long Webcast Date: June 23, 2008 Surgery for colitis can rid so read more
Will I give my child Colitis?
UC to Jpouch Story | June 23rd 2008 by Megan
Ohhh, this is excellent. How many of you have asked or been concerned if you were going to pass your IBD genes on to your child, you can listen to this radio webcast here, Genetic Research on Colitis. “20 percent of people with colitis have read more
Video: Probiotics
UC to Jpouch Story | June 23rd 2008 by Megan
Nice! A video that sheds some light on the mystery of probiotics: Probiotic Video read more
Video: What is UC?
UC to Jpouch Story | June 23rd 2008 by Megan
Check this out, especially if you are newly diagnosed: What is Ulcerative Colitis Video? The video covers all the medicines and why these medicines are used etc…super informative. Also, here is a good link to read more about what is UC: O read more
Crohn’s Disease
Chronic Pain | June 22nd 2008 by Tina Samuels
Crohn’s Disease, a part of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, will have inflammation through the entire bowel wall thickness. Crohn’s disease of the small intestine is called regional enteritis, while Crohn’s disease of the colon is called read more
Reason to Blog your Story #2
UC to Jpouch Story | June 22nd 2008 by Megan
Mark,I just checked out your site and I think it is absolutely GREAT! I had ileostomy surgery in May. When I knew I was going to be having the surgery, I can’t tell you how many times I googled all kinds of things about stomas, ileo read more
Free Book on Crohn’s
UC to Jpouch Story | June 21st 2008 by Megan
If you’ve recently been diagnoses with CD, you may want to check out this offer for a Free Book on Crohn’s. We haven’t read this, but as we know, people love free stuff! Photo by: Lifespan.org read more
Testosterone
UC to Jpouch Story | June 20th 2008 by Megan
“There is something in my body that is telling me to do something that I should probably ignore.” - Testosterone NPR This American Life. I know this doesn’t have anything directly to do with UC, jpouch or the like, but it relates read more
Video UC to J-pouch
UC to Jpouch Story | June 20th 2008 by Megan
Watch this excellent VIDEO here. Very similiar to my decision process, my surgery procedure and also the emotional around and after surgery. Video is about IBD Surgery ”People with inflammatory bowel disease often face surgery. New tech read more
Most FAQs: J-Pouch or Perm Ileo
UC to Jpouch Story | June 20th 2008 by Megan
People often ask how did Mark decide to have a J-pouch or Permanent Ileostomy? And people often ask this question because we are told there is a high risk of complications, long recovery time, etc…But what we think is that this is a really co read more
Sailing for IBD Research
UC to Jpouch Story | June 20th 2008 by Megan
We received this email, and we would like ask you to take a few minutes and vist this site, seems like they are really trying to raise awareness for RESEARCH for IBD with CCFA. They have a grant deal pending that if they raise 10,000 of their own b read more
Most FAQS: Two-Step Surgery
UC to Jpouch Story | June 20th 2008 by Megan
There are many questions about what “type” of surgery Mark had. We will try to explain below, however, there are many options and many reasons for those options. Mark had a two step surgery. Mark’s Step 1 surgery was a laproscopic read more
Mark vs. Bungy Cord
UC to Jpouch Story | June 19th 2008 by Megan
Since we love showing photos of wounds and such on this site, here is a story for you: Mark is out of town visiting family and he sent me this text image. When asked he said he had fight with a bungy cord. When asked who won the fight, he said the read more
Most FAQs: Optional Surgery?
UC to Jpouch Story | June 19th 2008 by Megan
Yes, Mark’s surgery was technically “optional.” He could have lived unfunctionally sick with his colon forever or he could have had the “optional” surgery. A common question and one we asked is When did you know time for surgery? There ar read more
Bad Bowels Fundraiser
UC to Jpouch Story | June 19th 2008 by Megan
To all our U.K. readers, check out Stew. He is living healthy with his pouch and has a fundraiser bike marathon he is in, and he needs just a little bit more donation to reach his goal. It is all to make money for his charity: The IA Support Group. read more
Funny Stages of Acceptance video (fixed)
UC to Jpouch Story | June 18th 2008 by Megan
This should make you laugh for 3 minutes. So appropriate, and we’ve all been in these stages before I imagine. I was laughing outloud when a friend showed this video to me. Send us comments and tell us if you’ve laughed your worthles read more
A picture speaks a 1,000 words
UC to Jpouch Story | June 18th 2008 by Megan
*Be sure to send Cynnycal your best wishes, being on her 2nd round with colon cancer - you can never get or give too much support* Through sharing Mark’s surgery, we learned the power of images can really say what needs to be said and words are read more
Politics and IBD
UC to Jpouch Story | June 17th 2008 by Megan
Here is an interesting link to story about bringing about IBD awareness Bag of Politics. What is interesting is that the author isn’t an IBD patient (I don’t think), and yet she/he seems to have a good idea of the issues. It reminds m read more
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