Living with an Ostomy

" Alexa and let to her friends is a 24 year old nursing student in New York City. She -- her way around hospitals and clinics and doctors are for a long time she had inflammatory bowel disease since he was."

" War this -- 87. And I front and back to. I don't remember really. But I'm and my mom and and that they can get over it and go. And wedding and later and I got again and many. More glittery and more frequent and here it's not mountains and into the."

" Alexis was diagnosed with all -- of -- it. And therapy with communal modular -- never fully controlled -- flare ups and bloody diarrhea continued more and more. As -- an anonymous. King and I are growing. So they -- kept adding more medications. And I want her in times and and -- different and vitamins and -- and you. -- Where a school -- could tell you can learn. School is weird that you -- I was in the bathroom and I think he got it happening in order to -- him. Finally."

" Doctors told -- parent immediate surgery prepare our second and third opinions they were All -- Surgery is often times required really to get that durable remission and that -- it is there's so much. Taught school multiple. What's -- there. Isn't a -- as well. And on and on the surgery is really gets it it's a meaningful there opinion."

" Visited an actor and he told me today that the bank and dancing."

" That's -- of the -- Anderson I know like us are treated like underwent an old sub total collective thing. With the placement and -- and what that really mean that the only entity and that it can be removed. Usually with a little bit of rectum left client is removed from the patient and a little according segment Molitor and is brought out across it Donald all. And what's called Omaha and create it and then that vehicle while. -- Diana -- and area and abdominal wall and -- I. Remember looking I mean for the for Ayman."

" More than -- aren't hang on to the railroad track from people like railroad -- In their teachers around my own. I was afraid to look at it. I am not an --"

" The first few times there and -- you you know it was a great that's in that he was able to go to school do all the things that. You know that ten year old are close to do."

" I don't like act and -- they can do anything on Hideki go to part. You can run overnight school and -- and went and did everything. It was like I think Thornton isn't --"

" In fact Alexis did so well he kept resisting suggestions he should consider having a -- Which would do away with Ers don't and appliance that."

" not OJ parent is always an ambulance that lead. In the beginning right after surgery my surgeon like he's not well and actually got to get our congress didn't and then I was so well that I didn't blunt this surgery and have to spend another three months recuperating wasn't worth it so. I totally forgotten that it didn't even think that having. Perhaps."

" When Alexis was eighteen she needed surgery to deal with minor complications. Agreed to have the -- procedure at the same time. But -- family and her surgeon in for a big surprise."

" We opened the abdomen and the goal of the operations to. Use the last part of a -- in just as -- leading up to really are estimated. To make the panel -- you do you need approximately. Twenty inches of small and tell them I concede that that smaller test than leading toward dealing me. -- features typical cross cutting -- instead of all -- meant a jury panel was not possible. Alexa is honest -- would be permanent. Broken -- first our parents which is right after the surgery on immediately after her and they were shocked. I'm very surprised and I think. Tremendously to pointed."

" And then I'm -- a few hours later in the ring back to my room my England years taught me that. It -- in my back there and I even when I."

" Spoke to a black there's the next morning about it again should amaze me that futures took this in stride as a matter of course and there are. I don't know many people including myself who could really can do that."

" And Tony does speak to me like. So I went. And I think the bottom line and they're having a harder problem. But Crohn's Disease meant more than not being able to JPEG out. It meant Alexis was not cured of her inflammatory bowel disease. In college symptoms started to occur affecting her element and more in a Alexis is primary symptoms. That are related -- are in our abdominal pain and -- As a function on the upper ya right and Altman got her crown she is also add on and inflammation at or near -- on I'm just above it which is where they often times to recur. I asked her -- whether from stomach surgery or -- and surgery. My opinion and and -- our."

" I'm pretty well he's outgrown acted now on I'm on. Medication -- grandkids in every eight weeks. Might take twenty. Next to him every day microns is slowly crept up -- in 1918 and now have. And I'm like yes it is uncommon that happens you're looking there. And I get tired -- mean. Optimistic about I'm controlling microns and deducting from reserve. And like to know that they are working hard -- doctors are doing it."

" Throughout her life only does this help other people with inflammatory bowel. He talks with pigeons and maybe three to me she acted in a local chapter of the crohn's and colitis foundation. Three years he's been accounts there SE CFA camp and now after graduating college elect is studying to be in her."

" And I think you'll be a tremendous. Personal health care profession that congress should really understand. Something that. Many of us who don't suffer from these diseases. Them and how often we treat them. He understands more confidence in effect turned personal."

" It's so important to people where I don't support is what other people withdrawal and talking to them. It feels like it's the right thing to do."

" I model patient and I believe -- Any patient who read any chronic illness can learn a lot. From a by the way she could face what is obvious that great challenge. Within the amount in Louisiana and and dignity. And wanting to -- if you're give yourself and others."