Archive for the 'ulcerative colitis' Category

I passed my test!

« 10 January 2009 | 22:01 | colectomy, general, ulcerative colitis | 2 Comments »

Back in November, I had to get my first major “check up” since the surgery back in February to make sure I didn’t have any pre-cancerous stuff going on. I was scheduled to get a flexible sigmoidoscopy. One nice feature of getting a sigmoidoscopy after having a colectomy is that there is no prep. I [...]



Ulcerative Colitis Successful Actions

« 26 June 2008 | 21:48 | food, successful actions, ulcerative colitis | No Comments »

While I had colitis there were a couple of things that I did that really helped me along. And though they didn’t cure me, they sure made life much more normal and helped put me into or maintain remissions if I didn’t screw around too long before doing them. Some of them lost their effectiveness [...]



Left over stuff

« 25 June 2008 | 9:31 | food, general, ulcerative colitis | 2 Comments »

When I had ulcerative colitis, I tried just about everything anyone could think of to fix it, and I’m sure this is true of many people with that or similar diseases. I tried acupuncture, special diets, IV therapy, herbal treatments and tons of different vitamins and minerals and other supplements.
But each one didn’t handle the [...]



Beginning a new blog

« 18 May 2008 | 21:08 | colectomy, family, general, ileostomy, ulcerative colitis | 1 Comment »

Welcome to OstomyMan.com. My name is Jared and I’m just getting started on this blog. I had Ulcerative Colitis for nearly a decade before I decided to have a colectomy and an ileostomy. While I had Ulcerative Colitis, I can honestly say that I tried just about everything to get and keep it under control. [...]