Reply to "J pouch and athletics"

Chris Gedney played for the AZ Cardinals with a j-pouch. He is now deceased but not from J-pouch issues.

I rode horses for years and if you ride you need to be able to fall off too. When I asked my surgeon if it was ok to ride (and fall off-not that I'm trying but sometimes it happens) he saw zero issues with it. I did fall off a couple of times with velocity and was 100% fine. Just like pre pouch life.

More than anything, I think for many, contact sports is a bone density issue as years with UC and the like and steroids does a number on your bones.

Your son's body will tell him what he can or can't do. If he in healthy times of remission can play the sport, my surgeon didn't have any issues with going back to those sports post surgery.

4/14/2112:28 PM

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