ABOUT ME

  I had my first operation at the age of 12 years. I was, along with my family, told I would live about 6 months. As you can see, I am still here. The Hospital in Cincinnati Ohio told my parents to use Tincture of Opium to keep down the diarrhea.

I have used the opium for most of my life. Without it I would be in the bathroom 5 to 10 times a day. This would happen even without eating a lot. Somehow, I got through school without even the teachers knowing about it.

   I did not take PE, or do any sports due to the fact I would start throwing up blood due to the strain. I had a Doctor that understood the problem, and would make sure I was excused from anything that had to do with Physical Education. Over the years, I learned to eat or not eat certain foods to help control the bowel movements.

   Then I turned 54

  I was rushed to the Hospital and I lost more of my small Intestines. I was told I had about 10 inches of small intestines left, told a resection was not an option, and told for the second time I would live about 6 months.

   With understanding Doctors, I started again taking the Opium, and started on a workaround.

     THEN:

  Someone in our Government that has NEVER gone through SBS (Short Bowel Syndrome) decided that Opium did not work and that we were all Dope Addicts and was not telling the truth. It was at this time the Doctors were no longer allowed to write prescriptions for Opium. (When I first started, the Opium could be bought over the counter without a prescription) We are still trying to find a work-around, but the medicine the Government wants us to use does not work. I was taking 16 Imodium at one time and nothing happened I still had to use the bathroom 8 to 10 times a day.

   I am not the only one with SBS that depends on Opium. That is why we are asking for your help in changing the law. You can call your Congressman and Senator and ask them to change it.

If you have questions about SBS, or what and how you can help, please contact me at:

Noguts1@gmail.com

 

 Did you notice who Obama threatened???

From now thru November 2012 this should be required weekly or at least monthly,
reading –       BY ALL WHO VOTE!!!

Did you notice who Obama threatened when he wasn't getting his way on raising
the debt ceiling?
He threatened to not pay: Social Security Retirees, Military Retirees, Social
Security disability and Federal Retirees.

Now.. Let this sink in really good -
He did not threaten to stop payments to illegal aliens
He did not threatened to take frivolous benefits such as Internet access away
from violent inmates
He did not offer to fire some of the thousands of unnecessary federal employees
that he hired
He did not offer to cut down on his or his wife's frivolous gallivanting around
He did not threaten to not pay the senators and representatives or any of their staff
He did not threaten to take benefits away from welfare recipients
He did not threaten the food stamp programs
He did not threaten to not pay foreign aid
He did not threaten to cut back on anything that involves his base voters
The list could go on and on. He is in full political re-election mode!
Why are we allowing this person to destroy this wonderful country with his
selfishness and his lies?
His type of change is killing our country. He needs to be stopped and only our
votes can stop him.
Do not forget about his tactics when it's election time. Vote Obama out of the
Presidency in 2012.

Someone in the Obama Government decided if they killed us all off they could have more money for themselves.

Who We Are:

Hi and welcome to The No Guts Country Club. My name is Jim, I live in Fort Myers, Fl, just so you will know I am a real person. Every thing I say is from my experience in about the last fifteen years with Short Bowel Syndrome, in fact I have what is called Extreme Short Bowel Syndrome. I have "about" 12 inches of active small intestine and "about" 10 inches of small intestine that was really not useable to ingest vitamins, but was viable enough to use as a conduit and reconnect. This give the Doctors enough that I could be re-connected and not have an ostomy. I have about 22" total out of a possible 22 FT or so that is normal
My small Intestine is made up of short pieces, mainly some of the "loops", sewn together, and according to the Doctors the longest single piece of intestine is "almost" 6" long. I have found that if I stretch while reaching to a top shelf, or have a "jar" by hitting a "chug hole" in the road, or even the shaking of a ridding lawnmower, it stretches the intestine enough that I have terrific pain. I don't dare go on a ride in an amusement park.
I cannot, nor do I want to give the impression that I am giving out medical advice (please read my disclaimer). I believe there is no one, (except The Lord) that is better than a good Doctor that you can talk to, and one that will listen and give you better answers. Keep in mind a good Doctor will tell you if he or she does not know the answer to your question. Please do not ask me to diagnose your particular problem. Everyone reacts differently, and I will not make a guess when it affects someone's life.
If you are here for the first time, Welcome, and we ask you to please check out the rest of the site. It has some information that I think will interest you.

Our Purpose In Life:

I have heard it said that God has something in this life for everyone to do. Maybe this is my work in life. I will have to admit that I would have preferred something to do that did not have as much pain attached to it. But, The No Guts Country Club is a place that everyone with Short Bowel Syndrome can call home. 
With the help of the Lord, I will provide information, or the way to find information, on Short Bowel Syndrome. SBS is a name for a condition that is caused when 1/2 or more of the small intestine is removed. It is not a disease or a problem by itself, but is the source of other problems that develop. It is a condition that exists with the loss of most of the intestine. There is no way to cure SBS other than with a transplant, which has a set of problems of it's own, but it can be treated. Our aim is to provide as much information as possible on to ways to treat and cope with SBS, and the many problems that are associated with, and caused by the loss of the intestine.
I have tried to provide something for everyone with SBS irregardless of the cause. There is also information for friends and family. Some of the information listed in these pages are the work of years of searching  for information on my part, and some of it has been provided by others with SBS, or by the care givers that work tirelessly to help us that have SBS.
I pray that these pages will provide comfort, encouragement, and direction to those that find themselves suddenly at, what looks to be, the end of their world

Why This Site:

I know I am not alone in trying to find someone that I can talk to about the problems I have everyday. Living in the bathroom, being tired all the time, and having to eat so much. All of my blood tests, and my blood pressure have gone haywire, and every place, that I have a place, hurts, and we found the Doctors were wrong when they said only 90 days to live.

And then it hit me, I was here, but not with all my original working parts.

After all these years I am still searching for information on SBS. Although some research is being done, and when I ask why not more(?), I get the answer, not enough people live to be able to do a long term study. I do not say this to scare anybody, I am just telling what was told to me by some of the Great Doctors that treated SBS, and the Doctors that do transplants.

This web site is growing.
If you would like to help with the maintenance and expansion of The No Guts Country Club you can do two things.
First, send me your story to post for other people with SBS to read.
Second, patronize our sponsors. They are the ones that help keep this web site going. The NoGuts com is my caregivers site. For every order Jim receives, 10% is given to someone with SBS. Check out his site and then place an order and tell your friends about it

Now, take a tour around the Noguts Country Club.
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I want to be a kid again