Can anyone offer advise please having surgery to excise the j pouch on Monday morning ,feeling very anxious as to what to expect , how long is operation ! What is it like when you first awaken ! Doesn't take a long time for ileostomy to start to work again after surgery ! How long did you stay in hospital and infact any details or advise would be much appreciated thankou kenny
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Hi Kenny, I can only imagine how anxious you are about this procedure. Mine is in October and I'm already a little nervous! You may want to post your question under "Ostomy and Skin," too. There are a few ex-j-pouchers there and their comments about this. Good luck to you. One day at a time.
Hi Kenny,
My wife had her pouch removed and then re-made in February of this year. She actually had 3 surgeries, the first of which was to create a temp-ileostomy. First surgery was short and she woke up in some pain but immediate relief from a long year of horrible discomfort.
The second surgery was to remove the dysfunctional j-pouch, create a new j-pouch and create and new temp-ileostomy. This surgery was very long 6.5 hours, but was performed entirely laproscopically. The recovery was a little bit easier than her total colectomy several years ago, but it was a major recovery process. I believe she spent 5 nights in the hospital.
Hope this helps, and good luck to you. Assuming you have been dealing with major problems for a long time, you should look forward to significant relief very quickly after surgery.
Dan
My wife had her pouch removed and then re-made in February of this year. She actually had 3 surgeries, the first of which was to create a temp-ileostomy. First surgery was short and she woke up in some pain but immediate relief from a long year of horrible discomfort.
The second surgery was to remove the dysfunctional j-pouch, create a new j-pouch and create and new temp-ileostomy. This surgery was very long 6.5 hours, but was performed entirely laproscopically. The recovery was a little bit easier than her total colectomy several years ago, but it was a major recovery process. I believe she spent 5 nights in the hospital.
Hope this helps, and good luck to you. Assuming you have been dealing with major problems for a long time, you should look forward to significant relief very quickly after surgery.
Dan
Thankyou for your replies I'm very grateful for any advise at this point regards kenny
Well my husband had the surgery to remve his j pouch on Monday morning he was in theatre 7 hours and in recovery another 4 he has had two hard days but tonight he is slightly improved .hope this is a sign he has turned a corner ,just tought I would let you'll know ,regards cathy his wife
Best wishes to your husband Cathy.
Hope everything turns out well.
Richard
Hope everything turns out well.
Richard