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I was 35yrs, (1986) when I was dig. with UC. Within a year I had to have a colectomy and jpouch fashioned has worked fairley well up to the last few years now have possibly CD and am on Pred. worked at first but I think it is now stopped. I had stopped smoking about 3 mos previous to getting ill in 1986 I had no problems with my insides up to that point. I mentioned this to my GP and he said there was no connection but when I said the same to my GI he actually said there has been studies that show that nicotine my play some part in protecting you from IBD. Has any one else had this happen to them. I often wonder if I had started smoking again if it would have reversed the disease. Shawne
17 - My daughter will be having her colon removed next Monday, July 30th and sometime after that having the 2nd surgery where they form the J-pouch. She has a blood clot in her leg that the drs want to get resolved before they do the second surgery so they are thinking it will be 6 months down the road before they do that.
Diagnosed with UC age 20
Toxic megacolon, removal of colon and discovered two small intestinal tumors, removing them, and receiving a temp ileo, age 21
First step of j pouch age 22
Surgically fix and drain a huge abscess age 22
Final takedown age 23
Removal of rectun, j pouch, creation of K pouch age 43 (five weeks ago)
Hopefully that's all for now!
Had my takedown about 2 weeks before I turned 28. I was diagnosed with UC last October and it seemed like it happened overnight. I have always felt really healthy and was very active then I went to work in North Dakota for a week an got sick. By the end of the week the pain was so bad and I was pooping nothing but blood every 15 minutes. When I got home I went to the doc and got a scope and he said I had severe UC. Within 2 months I lost 60 lbs and tried every drug to no avail. I opted for surgery and now feel great. What I thought was weird was I had no symptoms my whole life and within a week my Colin had gotten so bad the doctor said it was ready to fall apart when he took it out. It definitely changed my outlook on life! I don't take anything for granted now!

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