Are you referring to a K-Pouch or BCIR? If so, visit the K-pouch forum on this site. There are lots of K-Pouchers and several BCIR'ers who would be more than happy to answer your questions.

However, based on the fact that you've had fistulas that may indicate Crohn's disease. The K-pouch and BCIR are contraindicated for Crohn's. That doesn't mean they don't perform those surgeries on Crohn's patients - it does happen. But often the Crohn's isn't definitively diagnosed until some time down the line.

kathy

I think what you are referring to as a "irrigation system" is for people that have a colostomy and have had their rectums removed but retain the balance of their colons. Irrigating through a colostomy does allow many people to go without a bag for fairly long periods of time. If you have had your colon removed then you will have to get an ileostomy. If you go back to the bag with an ileostomy irrigation will not work as the small bowel is producing effluents all the time.

Thank you for both the responses. I don't feel so alone when i get on this site