[acktennislady]

Intersted in seeing if there is anyone out there who has ulcerative colitis and is type 2, but really interested to see if there is anyone out there who has had a total colectomy and now has a ileoanal resevoir aka j-pouch.

I had my proccedure in 1994 and followed a low-res, high carb diet for years,
have had type 2 for about 5 years and on insulin with metformin for about a year. Numbers are really good now-A1c is 6.6 down from 13 last April (down from 11 last July when I was put on insulin)

Without the colon, food goes right thru me, so eating low carb is very hard, but I do so every day because I know it is what has helped bring down those numbers. Fortunately, I tolerate the metformin pretty well, or I just have a high level of being able to put up with stomach distress due to the my history with ulcertaive colitis.

Looking to find anyone out there with similar needs to chat.