This month begins my series on J-Pouches. I have spent many months researching and many hours putting all these posts together to get a better understanding of J-Pouches so that I might share the information with you. I hope that you enjoy my five-part series on the J-Pouch. This week I share J-Pouch History. J-Pouch History 1933 The first attempted…
What Happens During a Colectomy? If you read last week’s blog post, you’ll know that I’m coming up on ONE YEAR since the removal of my wretched colon on April 15th. The procedure I had done was the proctocolectomy with the construction of a j-pouch and loop ileostomy. A proctocolectomy differs from a colectomy because the rectum (and sometimes…
Some of you may know that I had an ostomy for about three months. Specifically an ileostomy. I have realized, however, that not many people know that there’s a big difference between an ileostomy and a colostomy (including a few healthcare professionals). Because of this, I thought it might be good to write a post about colostomies. As I…
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