Hi Genius, I had a very similar journey to yours except during my 30s. I'm also from NZ (Wellington), and I recently (3 months ago) completed J-pouch takedown after 4 years of UC and six months with...
Hi guys, 5 days later and the surgery is behind me. What a roller coaster of a week. I'm still in hospital, and they tell me things are going very well. It took 7.5 hours, done laparascopically....
Thanks all, I'm leaving for the hospital now. Yikes! See you in a week...
Well team, my UC problems will soon be ancient history as tomorrow I'm having a total colectomy as step one of a two-step J-pouch procedure. I'll start the prep soon. Can't believe after four years...
thanks for the thread, ill be having mine soon, and its great to hear your story...
Yes, he recommended going to 40mg. I've since moved to 40 and seeing some improvement, hoping it continues....
:-) I wish I wasn't here! I should have had this damn thing out by now, but they keep pushing me back. Day two at 30mg. Doing a bit better I think. Fingers crossed it does the job or it's 40 tomorrow!...
Thanks suzy, I'm going to do just that. 30 from today...
Thanks Dan...
Surgery date still unknown at this stage, but they have told me June. Being down at 10mg was considered acceptable by my surgeon. Thanks for the advice re: C-Diff. Will keep an eye on things. I am...
Hi all. I haven't posted in a while as I'd been doing pretty well. I've been taking Prednisone for about a year now while awaiting a surgery date. Started at 40mg and had worked my way down to 10mg...
I think any benefit or advantage realised through suffering mostly occurs retrospectively, in our case perhaps after achieving remission or having recovered from surgery. In my experience, when...
I don't get that impression. She is here looking for insight, after all. Good advice peeps, I have nothing to add....
Great news for your husband. I wish I could get my hands on that one, though another part of me is looking forward to being med-free....
Thanks guys. Yup, it's been a long hard road that I'm happy to be nearing the end of. Surgery is scary but I figure I've already been to hell and back a number of times so I'm ready for whatever else...