some of you that know me very well know i've been suffering hardcore from ulcerative colitis for 2.5 years.
i've been getting infusions every 5 weeks for the past 1.5 years which stopped working a few months ago. my final option was surgery.

j pouch + temporary ileostomy (3 months)


basically they removed my entire colon, then they take the small intestine and fold it a few times, sew it together, and cut it to create new reservoir pouch area. it takes 3 months for that to heal before they reconnect the newly created pouch back up to the butthole, so during that 3 months i have an external ileostomy.

an ileostomy is where they cut a hole in my abdomen about 2" wide, and pull part of the intestine through. then you wear a ileostomy bag, so when food get's processed, it gets to that section of intestine poking out of my belly and collects in the bag, since the rest of the system is cut off for now while the j pouch heals.

i got a HUGE 6" scar on my belly now too. had 25 staples.
i was at antioch kaiser for the past 6 days and got discharged last night

in 3 months~, i'll go back, then they will reconnect the new reservoir and remove the ileostomy. then i should be all back to normal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ileo-anal_pouch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ileostomy



here are pics



i also had the hiccups 4 times for 20 minutes each and it sucked!
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crazy man. Met you for the first time at the Pleasonton car meet. Glad to hear you're doing better.

 

worddd
crazy amount of lip..

 

dang Jeff... I hope you get better soon bro.

 

@ jeff bob...dude...thats crazy...get well man...so do u always have that bag...or is it just for the mean time?

 

^ bag is for 3 months, if i'm not mistaken. my coworker has a life long bag after beating cancer.

good to see you are back up on your feet Jeff!

 

Get well Jeff!

 

get well jeff. i havnt met you yet, but i hope the best for you.

boosted: you have an account on cars? sign up, we got a good core of nor cal members.

 

BE well jeff bob!!!

 

Wow Jeff Bob, thanks for sharing ... but too much info... :-P :-) I wish you a speedy recovery.

 

OH SNAP! OG in the house!!!

 

been wondering where you've been
i was gonna ask eric if he's heard from you recently.

do you have a facebook?

 

sooooo.....with awesome assistance from Julius, changed downpipes from Megan Racing to Tanabe, no more rubbing issues against my oil pan (YAY!)...cat has been replaced by a Megan Racing resonated test pipe....full 3" cat-back Buschur Racing exhaust....car's surprisingly not that loud.....heheheheh...

 

Working Lito? They are having that event in Fremont again @ the Lexus dealership.

Get well Jeffbob! I won't say soon cuz it looks like a long recovery process. I was amazed in what doctors could do when my son was born and have no doubt they were able to take care of you as well.

 

glad he pulled through! i did fund raising and the walk for march of dimes a bit over a month ago

 

Nice! Didn't know you had extra money to spend on the Evo.

 

lito = mad ballah

 

all of it is used parts...not brand new like the real mad ballahs here *ahem* ronnie, dennis, etc etc etc....

 

lito is mad thrifty he got a few really good deals on parts for his car

 

Haha, that's how Filipinos are!

I start my new job this Monday and it's a full-time position. May be time to fix my bike and mod the Integra, hehe.

 

thanx Mr LED..u know this...man!
congratulations Denz!

 

wassssup lito! you still going out to those wingstop nights?

 

phil, a couple accord guys try to show up too on wednesdays, so you should come out too on wednesday.

 

Thanks! I might make it out to the weekly meets too. However, don't think I'll do it every week though 'cause of the gas. I won't be getting paid all that much at my new job, LoL.

 

o ic. well im gonna try to roll out this wednesday.

 

wassup phil! yea, i still go to wingstop on wednesdays when i can...but there's also a thursday nite In-N-Out milpitas one as well...

 

 

^^^ OH SNAPNESS! hey-suse post

 

:squintfaw

 

:troutslap

 

^

Anybody chime in on what's the easiest way to drain my fuel tank?

Car is sitting in-operable in a garage.

 

i would say unbolt the whole thing and drain excess then get yur a*s off the floor and get another ride already

 

Well well well...sure let me get right on that!

 

fitment around the fender area is off a little bit since the shop had to do some custom work without my car being there. drive side is off by like 1.5cm, passenger side has a broken tab so i cant put the screw on..
I can live with it for now until I figure something out.
(Sorry for iphone pic, guess i didnt get one with the camera)
Like that kitsuna huh? I got it for 20 bucks looks cool

Shoulda just kept my fkin lip kit. new aspec rear + s2k tips. sarona roof going on tomorrow when friend comes over since i need the hands

 

i guess its getting there again...u should have just kept everything man

 

Shoved the back out 10mm and switched out my -3 plates to -5

 

Damn scraped the bumper already. Too low y0!

Did a 325Ci today shit was fucked up :/
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...4#post12105724

 

you scraped the bumper at 4x4 height? you're fuked once u get the coils, lol.

looks good man.


what'd you use on the seats to clean them up like that? my parents oddy has light colored interior and its starting to show dirtiness on the driver seat.

 

sick box yo!

 

jesus dennis...mad clean sick tight yo lol...

johnny dude...what did u use on the interior...i need that shit done to my interior...