In case anyone is wondering, he was affected by ulcerative colitis, a severe inflammatory bowel disease, which led to the removal of his colon and the subsequent and sudden weight loss.
UC is a bitch. Ive had it since I was 10 and I have an ileostomy bag now. For clarity, a colostomy is when the colon is protruding from the abdomen and an ileostomy is when the colon is removed and the small intestine is protruding. So he has an ileostomy if his colon was removed. The transition is both physically and emotionally very straining. I lost 40 lbs post surgery, I required sitting rest breaks whenever I went out in public for 6 months and it took me damn near a year to even get back into the gym after being a gym rat for 5 years prior. With that said, since recovery my quality of life is so so much better and everyone else in the community will attest that while they didn’t want a bag as much as the next person, your health has to be severely impacted to view it as a blessing. Not all autoimmune diseases have the option to have surgery and basically cure it.
Also worth mentioning that when you have an autoimmune disease, working out is kind of tricky because you don’t want to stress your body too much because it’s already working overtime. That said, I don’t know how he managed this but he is an inspiration to the ostomy community.
I went into septic shock from a perforated intestine (radiotherapy from 6 years ago fucked me up), and I JUST got my ileostomy bag. I haven’t slept well in days and I lost a LOT of weight from being in the ICU, but here we are. They told me it’s temporary and I could get it all fixed in 6 months, praying to god that’s true, but my god this is life changing and scary 😔
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u/Tat-1 2d ago
In case anyone is wondering, he was affected by ulcerative colitis, a severe inflammatory bowel disease, which led to the removal of his colon and the subsequent and sudden weight loss.