Hi all,

I have had cronic fatigue since the onse of UC five years ago. Its been 1.5yrs now since i have had my large intestine out and nearly one year since the activiation of my pouch and i still have cronic fatigue.

I have had pouchitis now for about 8 months so few months after activation.

When i mean fatigue, i mean severe exhaustion. I find it hard to do the most simple task.

I am very exhausted all the time, and all bloods show that i am fine.

Anyone else in the same boat??

Has doing the operation helped people loose cronic fatigue?????

Any comments appreciated guys!!

Regards
Jerry

I have fatigue issues as well with 'normal' bloodwork. No one seems to take my complaints seriously though...

Hi 'Ressurect'

Do you think your fatigue has improved since you had the pouch operation??

How long have you been fatigued for??

Pleased to hear.

Regards
Jerry

Hi Jerry,
I was diagnosed a little over 5 years ago with chronic UC. I had my j-pouch surgeries in Feb. and April 2006. I still have fatigue. My blood tests for the most part are okay - but I see a nutritionist who has helped with vitamins and supplements to lessen the fatigue. I was told by both my colorectal surgeon and my gastroenterologist that since UC is an auto immune disease, fatigue (sometimes chronic) is common. If I need to nap, I'm told to nap. There are some days I'm fine; but for the most part if your body needs sleep, I was told to nap or go to sleep early. And when I say "nap", I mean like a 3 hour nap - but when I wake up I'm fine and can go to bed at a reasonable time still ready to sleep for the night. Talk to your doctors and see if any medicine you are taking is making you feel fatigued. That may be a good place to start.

Laurie,

Thanks. I wonder if we went back to a colostomy and thus having no active disease, would fatigue go away?