5 Myths and 5 Facts about Women Living With a J-Pouch
By Brooke Abbott
Medically Reviewed by Kareem Sassi, MD
When I was diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in 2008, I was told that my ulcerative colitis (UC) was not severe enough to warrant surgery before I was 45 and done having children. Hearing this led me to believe two things:
I had to be done with children in order to have IBD-related surgery.
My IBD status would stay the same as it was when I was diagnosed.
Both assumptions couldn’t have been further from the truth, but I just didn’t know.
https://www.everydayhealth.com/ulcerative-colitis/living-with/myths-facts-about-women-living-with-j-pouch/
