Irritable bowel, ulcerative colitis linked to intestinal fungi

[susanr516]

11. Sounds a lot like my husband's story

except he was 14 when his problems started. He is allergic to both sulfa and penicillin, so there wasn't a lot the doctors could do. He got his ileostomy 3 days before his 18th birthday in 1969. He did great until 2000, when his stoma herniated. We fought with the insurance company for over 3 months to get a referral to a colo-rectal surgeon. He waited so long for the surgery that the portion of his small intestine trapped between his skin and the abdominal muscles was necrotic, and he almost died. Fortunately, he recovered and the only problem he has is some pain from adhesions.

He also had the surgery fully explained before the procedure--it really sucks that you were left in the dark until after the surgery.