Reply to "Thinking about ostomy"

nocolon-2000Member

I sooooo understand where you are coming from. I was where you are however many years ago (I'd have to search the site). I was in the bed, ready to go into the OR for a permanent ostomy.

My surgeon came in and suggested giving probiotics a try in addition to the Crohn's medication I was already taking to see if it would clear the post-colectomy issues.

I decided to give probiotics a try once the doctor promised that if I would give it a month and didn't feel like it worked, he would re-schedule surgery.

I've been taking probiotics since then and still have a j-pouch. I can tell when I miss the probiotics and/or my Imuran. My pouch is wonderful!!

It's a personal decision that only you can make, but if you want to give probiotics a try....thirty days... It turned into howevermany years for me.

Bottomline...be WELL!

6/24/129:53 PM

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