"Save Further Complications?"
What the heck is THAT supposed to mean?
I'm in the USA; I don't know if Guys Hospital is good or not (I remember the name from when I lived in England as a kid, but none of us ever had a hospital visit, except one who went to a private Arab hospital for eye surgery).
Again, "To Avoid Further Complications?" The doctor wants to remove your... bit of the colon that leads to your rectum?
I had a colostomy because most of my colon was riddled with cancer. I have ovarian cancer. The reason that I had a colostomy was that I have so many bits of cancer in my colon that it just didn't make sense to keep the colon or try for a reversal on the colostomy or whatever. My husband, my perfect advocate, fought after the fact... could she have a reversal? Knowing what I know now, I don't want a reversal. But my rectum is intact, and I have about 10 inches of colon there just to say I do.
And all of my cancer is in my abdomen, and I'm stage 4 terminal with little specks of cancer everywhere, but my doctor still wouldn't do what I think your doctor proposed to do.
There is not one inch of my body that I would ever give away voluntarily unless it was absolutely necessary.
All those dentists that wanted to pull out my wisdom teeth when my wisdom teeth never hurt me. Just say no! Doctors do the same. It's not too hard to get a second opinion, but if you mention the first opinion, the new doctor will try to cater to that. So the second opinion doctor should feel like he's the first.
Me? I would say, "OK, if I have further complications, you can remove my rectal stump. Let me know when you see further complications. Ta-ra!
I'm not dead yet, but you're not even dying yet. You have doubts about surgical removal... go with your instincts. Tell your doctor that once it poses a real threat to your life, then you'll consider surgery, and that you'll enjoy very close monitoring until that day comes.
