This afternoon, I am getting a second opinion. My CRS decided that my J-pouch, although he feels that it is in perfect shape and condition, simply is not functioning as intended. He feels that there is a problem in a section high in the small intestine that simply is not working, causing blockage-like symptoms. I developed an anal fissure and I had trouble with it for months before the diagnosis.
In January, he performed an LIS and I have had leakage from the beginning. The leakage does not seem to be stool, it is clear to white opaque and it burns something terrible. I am not sleeping and I am getting totally worn out from lack of cleaning and trying to keep ahead of the leakage.
I went for a follow-up appointment and the doctor told me that the best that he could do is to give me an end ileostomy and close up my anus. He then said that he should never have done the J-pouch in the first place because I was over 65 years of age.
Is there anyone out there who has a success story for getting a J-pouch past the age of 65?
In January, he performed an LIS and I have had leakage from the beginning. The leakage does not seem to be stool, it is clear to white opaque and it burns something terrible. I am not sleeping and I am getting totally worn out from lack of cleaning and trying to keep ahead of the leakage.
I went for a follow-up appointment and the doctor told me that the best that he could do is to give me an end ileostomy and close up my anus. He then said that he should never have done the J-pouch in the first place because I was over 65 years of age.
Is there anyone out there who has a success story for getting a J-pouch past the age of 65?
