I was taken by ambulance to the Mayo Clinic and spent 4 days in the hospital there. Dr. Bender got a catheter in with great trouble. The end of my valve is inflamed and bent over. I have to go back in 2 weeks for a check up to see if she can get my catheter in, that's if the inflammation is down and nothing else is wrong. So hopefully, this will all turn out ok for me. Thank heavens I stopped eating. I can't even eat anything but blenderized low residue foods that are able to drink out of a cup or bowl. So I am praying this straightens out with a smaller catheter and rest and no pressure on the valve. The inserted catheter is hooked up a bag and I have to put 20 ozs. of water in every 4 hours. So that's all I know right now. I plan on being an advocate for the Kock Pouch at Mayo. So please feel free to contact Corectal Surgeons at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN....they operate at the Methodist Hospital. We need to get it out there that this is a good operation and is still being done around the world. Thank you.
Mayo Clinic General Phone Number 1-507-284-2511 and ask for the Colorectal Department and request each surgeon be given a message or ask to talk to each nurse for each surgeon to advocate for the operation the Kock Pouch to be done at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN:
Rochester, MN Colorectal Surgeons