I just celebrated my 70th birthday. I have battled Crohn's Disease since I was 12 yrs old, had 10 major abdominal surgeries, and now live with an ileostomy and very short small bowel, no large intestine at all. I believe I'm doing extremely well. I am interested in nutrition and alternatives to health care.
I suffered with Crohns Disease for 30 years and after 20 ops I ended up with intestinal failure. I recently became the 11th person to have a small bowel transplant, at Churchill Hospital in Oxford. Post transplant I am learning to eat again and am on a feeding regime that goes via a tube directly in to my new bowel. I inject myself 6 times a day with anti sickness drugs. Having the...
I'm a 60 year old mother & grandma that was really never sick until 2005, just 3 months after my best friend & husband passed away. He was ill for appx. 17 years. Skipping all the details & misdiagnosies, I was correctly diagnosed with non-alcoholic liver cirrhosis, post nacrotic. At present it's doing well and has been for some time. Since then I have had a...
I am a wife and mother of two boys. The oldest is a current survivor of a rare and highly malignant brain and spine cancer (Atypical Teratoid/Rhaboid Tumor or AT/RT). His battle with cancer thus far was very harsh on his little body. I blogged about our life before cancer, our life during cancer treatment, and now our life after cancer. My hope is that this blog provides hope for those going...
Hi ....presently im wroking as executive chef...ayear ago i was diagnosed with well differenciated adno carcinommy a..cancer has spreded 14 inches in my large bowl..they have totaly removed my large intestine & gull bluder...it took almost 6 month for me when i got myself back on feet..another 6 month went on with harsh chemo....still cacinogenic cell were...
