I have had my J-pouch for over two years and I'm still not totally used to it. The surgery did have lots of complications so I dealt with that for awhile and then started out this year with C-Diff, which put me in the hospital twice. Ugh!
Most of this year I've been uninsured and paying for medication/doctor visits out-of-pocket. Eventually the pocket is completely empty though, if you're too sick to handle work (AND school, for me--idk how people do it!).
That being said, does anyone know of a good discount place to get J-pouch/IBD supplements like vitamins and probiotics? I took Forvia for a little while, but once I couldn't afford it anymore I just let it run out.
I also wanted to ask about antacids, it seems like whenever I take an antacid that's effective I get diarrhea, J-pouch diarrhea=the worst. I have horrible GERD. And it makes me nauseous as well. Aciphex worked great with my colon but I'm on the toilet non-stop now, after taking it a few days, no acid reflux though! But I hate swapping one problem for another, anyone found an effective antacid? I took Nexium and Prilosec 40mg a couple of days and Nexium seemed to help more but I only used it a few days so I don't really know what the side effects are for taking it everyday like I need to. OTC stuff doesn't seem to do it for me anymore.
Thanks!
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