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@Former Member posted:

There’s no waiting for emergency surgery in the UK; there maybe occasions when a patients condition is stabilised prior to surgery but if that’s not possible, then surgery will be performed immediately.

During my third UC flare up, which resulted in the removal of my bowel; I was admitted to Hospital at the end of February and by the middle of March, I had responded well to steroids and was preparing to go home; however, for some reason, I was moved to a different ward and over the Easter weekend (which in 2005 was at the end of March) the steroids, although prescribed, weren’t administered and, by the 27th of March, my condition had deteriorated.

X rays revealed my bowel was dilating at an alarming rate and I had to have emergency surgery; which was performed on the 1st April, otherwise my bowel could  have burst at any time.
  Once my condition was confirmed, surgery was performed within days.

I don think the NHS would perform J pouch surgery so soon like your hospital did ; it’s my belief and due to my own experience, that NHS Hospital, other than St.Marks, rely on patients recovering from their ileostomy surgery and not pursuing the J pouch.

 

So it seems like our countries are relatively the same except your country has a lot of free healthcare. And that last part you said about, "St.Marks, rely on patients recovering from their ileostomy surgery and not pursuing the J pouch." That part sounds right, because as we know, J-pouches have: a bad rep, the long surgery can be done wrong, and its more expensive surgery too. While ileostomy surgery can be more easier, they just require a lot more maintenance in the long run. Pros and cons to both. I had a 2 step surgery as well, I am not sure if NHS or if St Mark would have done it that way, they probably would have done a 3 step right??? Is it expensive to live in the UK???

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