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Colitis Surgery
i'm home again
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hello all,this is elaine.it’s been ages since i last wrote.i’m now trying to recover from surgery.i spent 5 weeks in the hospital.they did all sorts of tests along with the same tests that i’ve had before.they did the remicade and it didn’t work for me.so i had one-third of my colon removed [...]
blood work concern
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<<Good luck and let us know, we too are worrying! Thanks for the care & concern!! In my opinion it wasn’t such an emergency that I had to come in during their lunch break, but that’s what they wanted. My calcium & potassium were a little low and my carbon [...]
OT: looking for anyone who has had aortic valve replacement surgery
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>I had surgery on 7/3 … the aortic valve had been blocked for at least 4 >years >and I had four hospitalized episodes of ischemic colitis. Since I got to the >hospital three days into my 4th session, they decided to operate … they >rerouted the aortic valve and removed 1/3 [...]
Cyclosporin
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> Does anybody have any first hand knowledge of Cyclosporin? > After many years of non response, my Derm has suggested that this may be the > "last knot in the rope." He has offered many reasearch sites and papers on > the subject. Any response would be [...]
J Pouch Newsgroup?
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Silly question, maybe, but how do I create a new newsgroup? I have been > trying to find one which relates to J Pouch surgery (A cure for Ulcerative > Colitis) and I haven’t been able to find one > Any ideas? [...]
What a day!!
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Sounds like a blast,love those rogues!We benn doing good with the super rogues.
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"What a day!" is right! I’ll agree the weather was gorgeous, and today was like no other… nothing like a call from school at 4 p.m. saying "We can’t find your son." What a day, you say! Thankfully I [...]
BCIR – Anyone have info on this surgical procedure for UC????
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Hi Lisa – I don’t know anything about the surgery you mentioned, but I will (hopefully) be having J-Pouch surgery for my colitis soon. They remove your entire large intestine and make an internal pouch out of a section of your small intestine. You need to wear a "bag" for approx. [...]
Anyone else with this problem?
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Hi Amy, Sorry to hear that you are having problems. My name is lesley and I live in Hull in the UK. I am interested to learn about the problems and the details of your surgery as I am going to be having the same operation soon. I would appreciate [...]
Tired of This
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yes Jeff.. .I"ve experienced the same thing… I do believe that stress and diet have much to do with flare ups… I keep thinking.. if I’d only get my life together then I’d be ok… welcome to the group!
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>Back in October of >1995 my >family went through the stress of [...]
koch or pull through vs. j pouch
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The third stage of my j-pouch will be fairly soon, and yes I have had complications in the surgery, but I’m fine now. I’ve heard lots of good reports and a few bad. Can’t tell you any more really but take a look at www.j-pouch.org. Mark.
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I’m a married, nearly-40 male [...]