surgery

Foolishly Cocky, and the Lasts.

It has been five days since my last surgery.  By “last” I mean “most recent in time”, and “coming after all others”.  As I have mentioned before, the only cure for Ulcerative Colitis is a colectomy.  I had a total colectomy which means my entire large intestine was removed. Terminologica Anatomica defines the large intestine as the combination […]

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A colectomy

Proctocolectomy (aka: Laparoscopic Total Proctocolectomy; J-Pouch Surgery).  This topic had come up a couple of times in the past 8 years, but it was supposed to have been the very last angle of pursuit; the last action I would take to extinguish this terrible condition.  That was the plan at least.  The thought of permanently removing a functioning […]

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