How old were you when you got a Jpouch?

23 years old

35/36 UC

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14. Just three weeks ago Thursday.

Step 1 at age 61. Step 2 at age 62. Going strong at age 72!

32 for UC

36.

32 for UC after 11 years with it.

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I was 32,33 had a 3 step procedure had uc for 6 years before that.

UC and JPouch 20
Have had my jpouch for 25 years now.

chronic UC with high grade dysplasia....62

56 and feeling fantastic!

I was 22 when I was diagnosed with UC, and was 29 when I received my pouch. I am 36 now, and frequently wonder if I should have stayed with the bag.

My son was 9-10 through the course of the three steps. I am adding an attachment to show him last weekend - one year since take down. He is 11. His relay team finished first place in our City Swim Meet! It is a huge meet with 20 teams. You'll know which one he is by his scars. He has done very well!

My daughter was 15 for uc

My son is 9. Total colectomy with ileoanal anastomosis. Done three weeks ago.

Hello all. I am new to the site. Posting form the UK.
I was 53 years old when I had the J Pouch formed and 54 years old when I had takedown

Welcome to the board notsotough! Our screen names are similar and we had our surgeries at the same age. I have English ancestors maybe we are cousins I look forward to your future posts.

Thanks for the welcome. I have valued your posts in the past few months.

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17 - My daughter will be having her colon removed next Monday, July 30th and sometime after that having the 2nd surgery where they form the J-pouch. She has a blood clot in her leg that the drs want to get resolved before they do the second surgery so they are thinking it will be 6 months down the road before they do that.

I was 17 when I had my surgeries.

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But I had a doctor who thought I was 18.

Theresa

18, hard to believe that I've had it for 6 years.

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Dx w/UC in 2007 at 44
Robotic proctocolectomy to j pouch 2/29/2012
Takedown 4/30/2012 w/complications
Now on Picc line 6/20/2012

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son was 8

13/14 years old?

19. and I turn 40 next month-Gack!!!

Diagnosed with UC age 20
Toxic megacolon, removal of colon and discovered two small intestinal tumors, removing them, and receiving a temp ileo, age 21
First step of j pouch age 22
Surgically fix and drain a huge abscess age 22
Final takedown age 23
Removal of rectun, j pouch, creation of K pouch age 43 (five weeks ago)
Hopefully that's all for now!

I was diagnosed at like 9 or 10? Super young.
Had the colon out when I was 15, February of 1998 (have the picture of my colon to prove it!).

Docs waited a few years, in 2000 I was 17 I had the pouch made, then later on that year I had the takedown. I cant remember the months. 3 surgeries total.

Had my takedown about 2 weeks before I turned 28. I was diagnosed with UC last October and it seemed like it happened overnight. I have always felt really healthy and was very active then I went to work in North Dakota for a week an got sick. By the end of the week the pain was so bad and I was pooping nothing but blood every 15 minutes. When I got home I went to the doc and got a scope and he said I had severe UC. Within 2 months I lost 60 lbs and tried every drug to no avail. I opted for surgery and now feel great. What I thought was weird was I had no symptoms my whole life and within a week my Colin had gotten so bad the doctor said it was ready to fall apart when he took it out. It definitely changed my outlook on life! I don't take anything for granted now!

I was 19-20, this was 30 years ago. Pretty much trouble free for thirty years! Now getting a little shaky ... fistula and been taking antibiotic for two years straight... but quality of life still excellent - better really as the ciprofloxin keeps the pouch very happy and quiet and the fistula down.

I was 36 and had an emergency ilio anal pull thru J-pouch UC for 5 years up to 20 pills a day including prednisone and many suppositories and it got worse , I went to Boston Medical Center and stayed 1 month, 2 obstructions and the reversal all w/i 9 months.

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32

56 years old

69 12 yr's ago.