Hi,

You should check out this video about the decision to go from UC to Jpouch. The video also discusses the surgery in some detail, and also covers how invasive and difficult the decision to surgery are, as well as, the complicaitons and benefits of surgery. I were suprised by how well done and basically accurate to my experience this was:

http://ucstory.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/video-uc-to-j-pouch/

cheers,
mark