I had the surgery that they offer for crohns and uc...All of my large intestine was taken out and I was put on a colostomy bag for about three months and then they reversed it by connecting my small intestine to something else...i had alot of problems with my colostomy and its not fun at all. I hope that you dont have to go through what i did

i had my large intestine taken out a year ago..i have a colostomy bag.. they couldn't give me a j pouch so they took out my anus too.. the way i see it i feel so much better now then what i felt like before surgery..there is always a postive and negatives to every options and i'm just glad that i'm feeling better and thats the biggest postive that counts..

i have now waiting for a date to have my colon removed with apossibility of being plumbed back together at a later dat, so i to am looking for n e advice feel free to contact me at any time i am from thde uk so time difference can be a problem sometimes but you can always mesage me and i can get back to you take care

I just had surgery at the begining of Nov. to have my entire large intestine removed. I now have a temp Ileostomy till my next surgery in may. I was in the hosp. for 4 weeks on diff. iv's trying to get my UC under control. Then at the start of week 5 I got the pleasure of emergency surgery and woke up with the ostomy. So far even with the ostomy and the pain from the surgery I still feel 100 times better than I did for months befor. Look around the net and get as much info as you can on the surgery and on the Ileostomy it will help you if that is the route you end up going with.

I was hospitalized for a month with UC. I had my colon removed in August of 2007 because it perforated. The steroids and antibotics could not control the UC.I have 2 more surgeries because I had too much infection to perform the j-pouch procedure. I am scheduled to have the j-pouch procedure in a few months. I currently have the illostomy bag which I had for a few months. My 1st surgery went well.I am able to eat almost anything but still have some restrictions. I have been experiencing pain with my surgical incision in my abdominal area. My physician has prescribed pain medication.

I had a colostomy (stoma) done by surgery in feb this year...at first i was like ok with it...then i wasnt...at the minute i am ok with it! Mine was only meant to be temporary for 6 months...9 months on nothing has changed, it was meant to rest my bowel...but hasnt! Awaiting to be started on Humira, MRI done to show up any infection before starting on it that showed up a growth on my cervix, am now awaiting seeing if its cancerous! Sooooo until thats sorted i cant start Humira there-fore am stuck with the colostomy!
You do get used to it though, but i agree with Ashley, its no fun at all!! Good luck to you, I hope it goes well for you!

i had a illeostomy in 2005 and it made me feel so much better its is diffrent to a colcstomy as in where its placed and how it acts i was put back together in 2006 and that took some getting used to i still had diarrhea thats when my quack put me on questran that stopped the runs and i have only had one bad episode since then id go for it its not always a bad experience and i had no pain for over a year you have to be strong and think it can only be for the best