Body transformations from the beginning of UC to jpouch (M 22)
1st pic :before UC ( Strong 235LBS)
2nd pic :getting UC and no meds were working so I was using the bathroom over 12-30+ timesa day for 6 months, losing all my nutrition and muscle. (160LBS)
3rd pic: got my first ileostomy step 1/3 and since I didn't have pain from eating I just gorged everything I could bcuz for 6 months str8, eating felt like I was going to explode. (230lbs but fat)
4th pic: my 2nd step out of 3 was delayed bcuz I became to obese and my surgeon didn't think my intestines reach to my bottom. So I went from 230 down to 206 which took about 2.5 months.
5th pic: after I got step 2/3 I was in the hospital for about 7 days then went home. after the surgery my stoma hole was right next to my belly fat so I couldn't get a wax ring around it without stool leaking on my skin. was home for about 4 days from the initial surgery then had to do a emergency surgery on my stoma bcuz I couldn't get a bag on. even with the emergency surgery my fat still was to close to the hole of my stoma. the wound care nursesat my hospital found a creative way to get a bag on me with no leaking. But it. took them multiple days to find a solution and my skin was so bad it took about a week and a half to heal made me lose even more weight. 206LBS beginning of step 2/3 and after the 21 days of being hospitalized I got down to 190-185. This pic is a about a week after getting back home
6th pic: (got my takedown Feb 2nd)this pic is about two weeks after my takedown surgery. Was in the hospital for only 4 days so I def lost some muscle but not a crazy amount. Weight was around 185-190
7th pic: took the pic today just to c where I'm at. Weighing 180 at the moment. Instead of being king bulk like the first picture. now I wanna focus on athleticism and endurance since Ik what it feels like to be strong already. Not at 100% rn but I'll keep training.
Overall. I'm super glad I forced my self to get back in shape after each surgery. I feel like it definitely helps with being more in tune with my body. I haven't had any accidents and im able to hold stools for 4 hours if I don't eat to much and take some immodium. Hopefully from here it won't be anything close to what I've been thru. But we made it. Any body else have some body transformation stories.