I'm having my J pouch surgery in two days, and my surgeon has explained that it will hopefully be a successful second and final step procedure. Because my colectomy was such an emergency, he didn't form the J pouch then, and so he is going to hopefully form one in this surgery and connect it up all in one go. I've been reading on the internet (which I shouldn't), and it doesn't seem that anyone has it done this way. Everyone seems to have the J pouch formed in the first step and connected in the second.
I've been getting nervous because I need this surgery to work. If it doesn't, it will throw out another semester of uni, and I also desperately want to be rid of the ileostomy and my seemingly unique two-bag situation with an unexpected mucous fistula. My surgeon seems to brush over some details, so I would like to know how successful your J pouch has been.
Thanks,
Hamish