Comments on: My life as a one-armed man

By: Timothy

Timothy — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:52:23 +0000

Incredible story. As lucky as you were, stories like these remind me I have had a much more fortunate life.

Also, I’ve always seen tattoos as a form of art (not that they are not), but now I will see them as a possible representation for much more than just that.

Glad to hear you have both of your arms!

By: Dustin

Dustin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:37:18 +0000

It seems that many people have experiences that dangle them dangerously close to death or injury and then once the situation passes, if they’re that lucky, they keep going as though they’re invincible.

I’m glad you recognized the gravity of the situation, and bottom line, you’d still be cool with only one arm. I’m just assuming you’d get really good at left-handed ping pong.

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:45:36 +0000

Hey Jeffrey, wow. very amazing. I had UC too, also have tats. I went through a lot of the same struggle with the UC. near death from anemia, on high dose immunosuppressants, even went through Remicade treatments, which I had a delayed hypersensitivity reaction to.

I ended up beating colitis though. I almost went with surgery, but to avoid that, I looked into alternatives. I found the SCDiet and the Maker’s Diet. Both which allowed me to stop the symptoms and get off the meds.

Now, I’m taking some Saccharomyces boulardi to help with the gut stuff.

anyway, I didn’t want to go on, but always like to tell people a little of my experience when I hear they have UC.

All the best man.

By: Some Weekend Reading For You

Some Weekend Reading For You — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:09:43 +0000

[...] My life as a one-armed man: Jeffrey Kalmikoff showed up in Boulder a few years ago and immediately became deeply involved in the startup scene here. He left a few months ago to go to San Francisco (I hear there’s a girl involved) and is now at Digg (Jeffrey – we miss you – a LOT). He posts a very personal story that describes the “almost loss of his arm” around 2003 along with some other health issues. If you’ve got alphabetical order figured out, you’ll realize that I read about Jeff’s penis and then Jeffrey’s arm close to each other. Wait, that’s not what I meant. As a special bonus, take a look at this amazing video on Jeffrey that I found via Andrew Hyde’s blog post titled Brilliant Short Film on Jeffrey Kalmikoff. [...]

By: Cameron Priest

Cameron Priest — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 23:57:18 +0000

Sweet, that clears it up,

Plus congrats on new position with digg

By: Jeffrey

Jeffrey — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:48:47 +0000

Cameron – I was diagnosed with UC in 2001. In 2005 I elected to have a total colectomy and j-pouch survery. I was on Remicade for a few years, and I switched to Humira which I still take.

By: Cameron Priest

Cameron Priest — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:41:27 +0000

Jeffrey,
Out of curiosity, what do you mean your “5 year battle with UC”, as a 22yr-old who also has UC, your wording makes it seem like you don’t have any symptoms, or you don’t require daily drug dosage anymore.

Is there something in there, or am I just misinterpreting,

Appreciate it,

Cameron

By: Sheila

Sheila — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:33:29 +0000

Hey Jeffrey.This is one inspiring story.I can relate to it,well the near-death experiences,scars and surgery,i mean.But what inspired me is the fact that,despite these hurdles,you kept moving forward and reached where you are today.Just what i needed right now,i guess.
Thanks for sharing.This made my day! :)