Hi I am planning a 3 week vacation to Italy with my family in July. I am very worried about travelling now because of a perianal abcess that's still healing almost 6 months now.. Can anyone recommend a hospital in Italy that understands J pouches? I will have my surgeon write all my issues and prescribe me meds just in case.. I'm thinking positive but need to have a just in case plan..
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I actually would like to know if there's a hospital or even decent doctors that know about j pouches in Italy because I would like to do an exchange program there and my biggest hurdle from going is my j pouch. I did some research on it but didn't get much.
Italy is pretty big. Where will you be? You might do a search here because there are some members from Italy or who have lived there: mari60, Ikh, emi73, killcolitis.
kathy
kathy
yes,where in Italy?
I had my J pouch made in Perugia and I think they are good there. In Bologna at the S.Orsola there is a IBD big center,probably the bigger in Italy.I think in every city you could find some good doctor who knows about it.Where are you going to be?
Let me know if i could be of any use x you .
I had my J pouch made in Perugia and I think they are good there. In Bologna at the S.Orsola there is a IBD big center,probably the bigger in Italy.I think in every city you could find some good doctor who knows about it.Where are you going to be?
Let me know if i could be of any use x you .
Thank you we will be in Calabria and then travel to Rome Milan and Venice.. I will look into the hospitals.. What is a j pouch called in Italian?
is called the same J pouch o tasca ileale.If you like send me a private post if you are around here, I live about halfway between Roma and Firenze and if I am in town you could come and say hello...and let me know if you need information about hospitals and depending where you are I might find out,may be asking my doctor.