An Ulcerative Colitis/J Pouch Update

Ulcerative Colitis + Me

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May 14

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This past March marked the four year anniversary of my final surgery for ulcerative colitis at the Mayo Clinic.  For those of you not familiar with the disease, I was diagnosed as a newlywed with UC back in 2006, not even a year after our wedding. It’s  a terrible autoimmune disorder that manifests as (eww) […]

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Infertility.

Family

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Nov 13

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We’re sitting in the women’s hospital waiting room where I’m nervously awaiting bloodwork from the lab in the lobby. I’ve had to bring Jude with me because I really didn’t want to call anyone to explain what I was doing. So there we sat. “Mom?” “Hmm?” “I need to go potty. Can I go by […]

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Delighting in the Season

Miscellaneous

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Dec 5

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Stream of consciousness today: Simon and I were talking at church on Sunday about past Christmases and how for several years, Christmas was just so stressful and difficult. I was sick for several years with ulcerative colitis and the holidays really brought out the stress which in turn, flared up my disease.  Then two years […]

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JPouch Surgery/Takedown: 1 Year Later

Ulcerative Colitis + Me

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Mar 3

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Some of you who are new around here probably aren’t too familiar with my journey with Ulcerative Colitis.  Let me sum it up for you: I was super sick with a chronic form of IBD (the twin sister disease to Crohns) for nearly 4 years, couldn’t get off of the satanic drug Prednisone, and went […]

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