Hello Everyone, It has been a while since I last posted, but I am checking in to say hello and give some hope to those who are still at the end of their ropes. I just celebrated five years with my...
I had three completely healthy babies while on a weight-based dose of Imuran. I was told that the benefits of the drug outweighed the risks of miscarriage, since I was in the group of women who got...
Thanks, everyone! Sue, I already looked up Foundation Training and have tried the 4 basic exercises for the last couple of days. Is it possible that they are already working??? I already feel changes...
I thought the recovery was tough for me. It took me a good 6 months to feel myself again. I remember thinking I was closer to death than actual life for at least two weeks after surgery - I had no...
Hey All, Just wondering if there are any core body exercises I can do without risking a hernia. Last spring I tried to get back into running and my back started to kill me, even with a lot of...
I was sick for 14 years and was in remission for the better part of that time. Imuran was the key for me. Unfortunately, my last flare was terrible, and I couldn't get the disease even remotely under...
I went through this too right after surgery and it was hell. There is no other way to describe it. For me, the itching was so bad that I actually pulled my entire appliance off one night to scratch...
I would say it took me a good 3 months to really start putting the weight back on. For a while there, although I could eat anything, I had almost no appetite, and was completely turned off by sweets....
I noticed this immediately after surgery. In fact, I used to have a major sweet tooth, and post surgery, the thought of anything sweet was not at all appealing. All I wanted were salty foods!...
Very happy that you are okay, and unbelieveable that you were teaching only a few hours later! Good for you! Even if I had been okay physically, I don't know if I would have been "with it"...
When I was hospitalized and deciding whether or not to have surgery, I was introduced to a young woman with an ileo. I too am finished having kids, but this woman had had a child while she had her...
The stoma I had constructed at Mt Sinai is perfect and I am very happy with it. But . . . Anyone who knows my background knows I had a 2.5 inch long stoma before my revision. Not only did it screw...
Andi87 - I am so sorry you are going through this. I had pyoderma for several months after my surgery. It was probably one of the most painful things I have ever experienced. What cleared it up for...
My initial reaction was to be pretty ticked off about it - only because we have become so PC about so many things, and it does bother me from time to time that there is STILL a stigma associated with...
I had a REALLY hard time peeing after surgery. It was pretty much the worst thing that I delt with once they took out the catheter. For the first 12 hours I did okay. Initially I needed water...