Comments on: I passed my test! http://ostomyman.com/2009/01/10/i-passed-my-test/ One man's journey through Ulcerative Colitis and an Ileostomy Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:27:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jared http://ostomyman.com/2009/01/10/i-passed-my-test/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Jared Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:41:44 +0000 http://ostomyman.com/?p=62#comment-58 <p>@Jen I think this probably deserves it's own post, so I'll have to write that soon, but just to answer the question simply, I'm not planning on it right now for a couple reasons.</p> <p>1) I feel great right now. There's pretty much nothing that I am held back from doing despite the bag.</p> <p>2) It's sketchy whether it would work. My doctor said about 80% of the j-pouches were successful, but my rectum is still so inflamed I'm not sure it's the right time to do it.</p> <p>3) Economics. It simply works better for me right now to keep working and not take the time off and incur the expense of another surgery.</p> <p>But I reserve the right to totally change my mind at some point. That was the nice thing about passing the test. If I had had some kind of cancerous "something" then we would have probably had to take out the rest of my rectum and it would have been my last chance to get a j-pouch. As it stands, I can elect to have one whenever I want to.</p> @Jen I think this probably deserves it’s own post, so I’ll have to write that soon, but just to answer the question simply, I’m not planning on it right now for a couple reasons.

1) I feel great right now. There’s pretty much nothing that I am held back from doing despite the bag.

2) It’s sketchy whether it would work. My doctor said about 80% of the j-pouches were successful, but my rectum is still so inflamed I’m not sure it’s the right time to do it.

3) Economics. It simply works better for me right now to keep working and not take the time off and incur the expense of another surgery.

But I reserve the right to totally change my mind at some point. That was the nice thing about passing the test. If I had had some kind of cancerous “something” then we would have probably had to take out the rest of my rectum and it would have been my last chance to get a j-pouch. As it stands, I can elect to have one whenever I want to.

]]> By: jen http://ostomyman.com/2009/01/10/i-passed-my-test/comment-page-1/#comment-57 jen Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:41:21 +0000 http://ostomyman.com/?p=62#comment-57 are you planning to get a j-pouch? why or why not? thanks. are you planning to get a j-pouch? why or why not? thanks.

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