Our friend Iris recently had her two year follow-up after her J-pouch surgery, and had her second pouchoscopy. For those of you who are unfamiliar, a pouchoscopy is basically like a colonoscopy, but for those of us who have J-pouches instead of colons, it takes almost no time at all since the J-pouch is rather small.
Iris had no issues this time around, so that was great. She filmed the pouchoscopy as it was happening: for those of you who are more interested in the biological part of medicine, you’ll enjoy the middle of this video. Be forewarned: there is some graphic material! She didn’t have to do any prep before the pouchoscopy, so her pouch has some stool in it.
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Recently I told you how my J-pouch was doing after three years, now for another perspective. In this video, Sara gives her thoughts on living with a J-pouch for three years. She brings up some issues that I haven’t talked about as much in my videos, as she’s had a slightly different experience than me.
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The video you’ve all been waiting for…the three year J-pouch update video! I don’t really have a lot of new information in this video: this last year was pretty mild. But I guess no concerns is good news in and of itself.
To get a sense of how this year compared with previous years, check out these previous update videos:
Well, it’s happened again. In November 2011 I got my fourth case of pouchitis. It wasn’t that serious, more annoying than anything. Watch this video to get the full scope.
If you haven’t heard much about pouchitis before, check out my previous videos to see how this case differs from the previous cases.
Our friend Iris, the drummer for Roads, recently posted a video updating us on her J-pouch 11 months after takedown surgery. This video provides a nice counter-perspective to our videos. As you know, my J-pouch works decently, but I’ve had a few hiccups. Nadia’s worked for awhile, then degenerated. Iris, on the other hand, has had a near-perfect experience with her J-pouch.
It just shows that there’s always uncertainty with surgery, but surgery can have really positive results, as Iris is proof of. Hopefully she can maintain her health in the midst of her fast-paced life as a musician!
This is a topic I’ve touched on before in previous sleeping videos, but never fully elaborated on. For the ladies in the audience, this should all make sense to you. Guys might find this video more useful, as its not often we find ourselves buying these things in the store.
A few months ago, I had a pouchoscopy procedure done to figure out why my J-Pouch is bleeding. The results came in, but were not favorable. I explain the results and my feelings about them in this video.
“I came to win, to fight, to conquer, to thrive
I came to win, to survive, to prosper, to rise
To fly” ~Rihanna
~Nadia
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Our viewers like perspective when it comes to surgery, knowing what can go well and what can go bad. In this video Nadia and I compare how our J-pouches have functioned the last two years or so.
Two points worth noting: shortly after this video was filmed, I developed my third case of pouchitis, and Nadia decided to keep her ostomy permanently, rather than trying a second reversal. It just goes to show that there are no guarantees when it comes to surgery.
But in both our cases we’ve decided that the possible benefits of the J-pouch were worth the risks.
