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Ostomy & J-Pouch | Last Active: May 26 4:53pm | Replies (22)Comment receiving replies
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@janspons boy, does that sound familiar.
When I had my j-pouch removed I was suddenly not sick. Not that I felt great, I had just had surgery, after all. In my case they also did an oophorectomy and hysterectomy, so it was a lot.
My GI never brought up excising the pouch, but for years we had been trying to get the pouchitis under control, and he kept testing to see if it was CD; it was never conclusive. We had nothing else to try. He was supportive when I said I was ready to have an ileostomy.
I am 64, now, and able to be as active (or as lazy) as I want. The only thing waking me up at night is our cat (not too often).
Whatever you decide to do, Connect (and me) is here to support you.