Hello, I have reached the point of needing my colon and my rectum out. My rectum is shot. I am a complex case. I lost my spleen due to a colonic manometry (my spleen was ruptured), thus emergency surgery. So here I am, immunocompromised, my rectum is killing me from years of straining to go to the bathroom and now have ulcerative colitis. I live in MA. I am finding it hard to find a surgeon up here because of being immunocompromised. Cleveland Clinic said they could perform the surgery but it would be two surgeries for safety reasons. Moving to Cleveland, alone, would be hard. Does anyone have the names of surgeons they liked in MA? I want to try and stay here rather than move to Cleveland for what could be a year. Thanks in advance for the names of some surgeons you felt were competent and careful.

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