tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812532375594500224.post3114544078701295811..comments2023-06-12T04:21:39.430-07:00Comments on The knife you see - Ulcerative Colitis, Colectomy & Beyond: Any momentarkayeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09863542411248361164noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812532375594500224.post-88998000588467041802011-03-08T21:57:04.565-08:002011-03-08T21:57:04.565-08:00Why can't there be some all-knowing person tha...Why can't there be some all-knowing person that can tell us what option will be the best for us? Difficult choice. Sorry, I'm no help. Good luck!Skinny Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17278735413348061262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812532375594500224.post-16913755101217099812011-03-01T00:45:03.057-08:002011-03-01T00:45:03.057-08:00I would like to draw your attention to this blog b...I would like to draw your attention to this blog by Dennis, who has also posted loads of videos (or vlogs), on the subject of UC, and now Jpouch surgery as well.<br /><br />This link is regarding pros and cons of Jpouch surgery. <br /><br />https://www.c3life.com/ostomy/community/blog_entry.aspx?bid=3&beid=176arkayeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09863542411248361164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812532375594500224.post-74989187108030477572011-02-28T13:47:10.786-08:002011-02-28T13:47:10.786-08:00I am a bit worried about having a hard head, and n...I am a bit worried about having a hard head, and no head at all. It was bad enough losing my guts.<br /><br />Thank you Gloria for your wishes. As you say I will know what to do one day, in a kind of gestalt moment.arkayeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09863542411248361164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812532375594500224.post-15668835285663965932011-02-28T06:23:38.333-08:002011-02-28T06:23:38.333-08:00My dear Arkers, what a difficult decision. Happily...My dear Arkers, what a difficult decision. Happily though, you have already stirred up useful views and links from those in the know. Which I'm not.<br /><br />But as for difficult decisions of any sort - seems to me that after one has drawn up two columns of pro and con, talked it through, done the rational stuff; worn a hole in the carpet and done the anxious stuff; consulted the I Ching, the Tarot and your pet astrologer and done the non-rational stuff; done hypnosis and hipgnosis, one goes to bed one night and the old brain-box puts in a bit of unconscious overtime, so that you get out of bed and think "well of course, the answer's..." <br /><br />Hard head-work followed by a period of no head-work at all (running, sleeping, whatever)seems to allow the bonce to get it all together. The little coloured ball on the internal Mac screen stops spinning, and there we are. 42.<br /><br />Thinking of you. But not of Leslie Philips or the budgie-smugglers, either way it goes...<br />X<br />GMgloriamundihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12476712899700515223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812532375594500224.post-83685513661613075792011-02-28T05:26:55.526-08:002011-02-28T05:26:55.526-08:00yikes, I didn't know that. I guess you'll...yikes, I didn't know that. I guess you'll want to talk to some people who have been through it before to get their point of view..then you make a discussion. Life's scary!! Good luck with what ever you decide to do and please let us know what happens ..the good and the bad :(Paulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12138838311414337663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812532375594500224.post-48803203543259637492011-02-26T12:13:21.476-08:002011-02-26T12:13:21.476-08:00Paula,
You are right about that, but my surgeon ...Paula, <br /><br />You are right about that, but my surgeon said that sometimes going back (reversal reversal) is not so easy because you have lost a lot of gut length and that can create problems.<br /><br />I'm sure Martin is running in slow motion over a field of green grass under a blue sky with not a care in the world.<br /><br />Aarkayeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09863542411248361164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812532375594500224.post-26671556341717306242011-02-26T01:37:00.643-08:002011-02-26T01:37:00.643-08:00Shame about him not blogging...I have a neighbor w...Shame about him not blogging...I have a neighbor who has went through it all and I know he doesn't have to run to the toilet all the time like before and his quality if life it better, but still he is affect by the trauma of it all. Food wise I think he can eat most things except chocolate and he has to be careful with beer, but he can drink certain types. How bad his was, I don't know, but he had UC from 19 years old. he's now 43. Got his op at 35 and reversal shortly after. He takes 8 imodiums daily still. I think we're all different in how we cope with UC and it's outcomes, but in the end all we want is a normal life given back to us. <br /><br />Here's the thing, you could go for the reversal and see what happens...if it doesn't work out, well, at least you tried and you go back to the bag.Paulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12138838311414337663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812532375594500224.post-11603364792260015142011-02-24T08:22:26.304-08:002011-02-24T08:22:26.304-08:00Martin had the reversal, and stopped writing his b...Martin had the reversal, and stopped writing his blog. I believe he said somewhere that he felt he had moved on and no longer needed to blog and think about it all any more.<br /><br />Good for him.<br /><br />As for Rich . . I don't know - as you say he just stopped.<br /><br />Hope he's OK.arkayeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09863542411248361164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812532375594500224.post-86492301988505041882011-02-24T05:20:24.275-08:002011-02-24T05:20:24.275-08:00On another note...does anyone know what happened w...On another note...does anyone know what happened with Martin of Number Twos? Did he have a reversal etc? Also I haven't seen anything on Rich neither for months...hope all is ok with them.Paulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12138838311414337663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812532375594500224.post-50219346808898764302011-02-24T05:17:24.354-08:002011-02-24T05:17:24.354-08:00Hopefully Hillary will see your post and write som...Hopefully Hillary will see your post and write something...she was sorted last year. And to be honest, that's what I fear too...it not working...<br /><br />Here's a link to what she last posted...<br /><br />http://ihatemycolon.blogspot.com/2010/09/shes-alive.htmlPaulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12138838311414337663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812532375594500224.post-19242024176690989222011-02-23T20:55:54.456-08:002011-02-23T20:55:54.456-08:00We are watching and learning. There is no right de...We are watching and learning. There is no right decision. If we could cheat and look at the end I suppose it wouldn't be as rich. Choose Your Own Adventure.Whittles Wobblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02253885773861399948noreply@blogger.com