Hi everyone 
I've spent the weekend lurking your site. I've come over from the healing well forum as I feel I'm at the end of my rope and want to at least start consulting surgeons. I've read several threads from a search on where to go. I am currently in Austin, TX and given the quality of our gi doctors (I'm not impressed),I'm not counting on finding a top notch colorectal surgeon here. Houston and Dallas no doubt have some people, but I question if they are the caliber of, say, Cleveland Clinic. For those of you who travelled for surgeries--was the comfort of having the best operate on you worth being away from home/having to travel back for recovery? Or is it better to stick close to home? I found so many posts of "best surgeon near ---" but I'm scared enough to do this at all, let alone be stuck with whoever happens to live close. Feel free to throw out names or places, as I'm currently leaning towards travel to the best possible place that will have me!
As a little background, I began showing UC symptoms during my first pregnancy in early 2009, and was diagnosed in early 2010. I've had brief periods of remission (like a month here and there) since, but have fallen into a flare/recurring cdiff hell that no meds even pretend to touch. I'm working towards getting rid of the cdiff, but mentally and as far as med options I am just done with the UC. It may be a year before I fully commit to the jpouch surgery but in the next few months I'd at least like to meet with surgeons before I find myself in an emergency situation.
Thanks all
I've spent the weekend lurking your site. I've come over from the healing well forum as I feel I'm at the end of my rope and want to at least start consulting surgeons. I've read several threads from a search on where to go. I am currently in Austin, TX and given the quality of our gi doctors (I'm not impressed),I'm not counting on finding a top notch colorectal surgeon here. Houston and Dallas no doubt have some people, but I question if they are the caliber of, say, Cleveland Clinic. For those of you who travelled for surgeries--was the comfort of having the best operate on you worth being away from home/having to travel back for recovery? Or is it better to stick close to home? I found so many posts of "best surgeon near ---" but I'm scared enough to do this at all, let alone be stuck with whoever happens to live close. Feel free to throw out names or places, as I'm currently leaning towards travel to the best possible place that will have me!
As a little background, I began showing UC symptoms during my first pregnancy in early 2009, and was diagnosed in early 2010. I've had brief periods of remission (like a month here and there) since, but have fallen into a flare/recurring cdiff hell that no meds even pretend to touch. I'm working towards getting rid of the cdiff, but mentally and as far as med options I am just done with the UC. It may be a year before I fully commit to the jpouch surgery but in the next few months I'd at least like to meet with surgeons before I find myself in an emergency situation.
Thanks all
