Just found out about this site as I am a lifetime member as of 3-30-09.
Had UC in 93, wore the bag for 11 months. Now I've turned 40 and for my milestone b-day, I was blessed with Crohn's and the bag! Just wanted to get on here and chitchat with you folks that are walking in the same shoes I am. Talk shop, you know, all the things we ostomates deal with on a daily basis. Anyone out there, I'd love to talk. I am in Cleveland, Ohio, had my surgery at the Cleveland Clinic. Actually, right now I'm still on the mend. The doctors put a suprapubic tube (for urine) in me as well, so there is no activity out the back or front. I go back on 9-18 to get opened up again to remove my "J"-pouch from '93, make sure the healing is complete, take the "P" tube out, staple me back up, and only have to deal with the ostomy bag.
Had UC in 93, wore the bag for 11 months. Now I've turned 40 and for my milestone b-day, I was blessed with Crohn's and the bag! Just wanted to get on here and chitchat with you folks that are walking in the same shoes I am. Talk shop, you know, all the things we ostomates deal with on a daily basis. Anyone out there, I'd love to talk. I am in Cleveland, Ohio, had my surgery at the Cleveland Clinic. Actually, right now I'm still on the mend. The doctors put a suprapubic tube (for urine) in me as well, so there is no activity out the back or front. I go back on 9-18 to get opened up again to remove my "J"-pouch from '93, make sure the healing is complete, take the "P" tube out, staple me back up, and only have to deal with the ostomy bag.