@Former Member posted:When my bowel was removed, it was always the intention to be reconnected, although looking back, it’s was often said so flippantly, it was either to hide the enormity of such surgery or maybe to help encourage patients to have their diseased colon removed first as the priority and not to even think about a J pouch.
I was lead to believe; we’ll remove your bowel, give you time to recover and we’ll reconnect you in a couple of months.
In the UK, patients have to consent to surgery, despite how necessary; otherwise the Hospital has to apply to Court.
Also, removing a diseased bowel and creating a stoma, is considered general surgery; it was a Vascular Surgeon who removed my bowel etc and according to the Surgeons at St.Marks, he did a tremendous job, unless they say that to everyone.
Where as, J pouch Surgery, is specialised, hence my visit to St.Marks.
I’m also lead to belief that most UK patients, once they’ve recovered from a UC flare up which resulted in the creation of an ileostomy; they’re more than happy with the outcome and don’t wish to pursue further surgery.
The 3 Step procedures is so much better; it’s my believe that those who do experience complications, have either had the 1 or 2 step procedure.
My 2nd step was roughly 9 years later, resulting in pouch creation and surgeons where able to monitor the j pouch, test for leak etc before performing takedown 6 months later.
Dental Treatment is where the NHS and successive Governments have failed; even an episode of The Simpsons highlights this, with the Book or British Smiles.
Its so hard to find a NHS Dentist in the Uk, even though the majority of Dentist are trained by the NHS; they should be made to work solely for NHS for 10 year before opening or working for a private practice.
Private Dental treatment is so expensive in the UK and Dental Insurance is not advertised like other forms of Insurance; in fact I don’t even know if it’s available in the Uk, although I guess it is.
It’s only since the likes of the kardashians, Facebook and posting Selfies that UK attitudes to possessing a Hollywood smile are changing.
Do patients have to still consent to surgery when they are too sick to consent or not able to consent? Sounds like peoples parents/guardians cannot consent for them either.
And wow!! A vascular surgeon did yours??? I could not imagine! I did not even think they are even capable of something like that, that sounds like a big risk lol. Here in the U.S, its either general or colon surgeons that do something like that as far as I am aware of. Mine personally was done by a colon surgeon and it was Robotic Assisted. Do you guys have Robotic Assisted surgeries too? And was yours done robotically???
And yeah, that happens here in the U.S too. A lot of people do not like having multiple surgeries because after a while its mentally and physically draining. I definitely understand why people choose to have an end ileostomy to avoid all of that drainess. I was 22 when I had everything done so I did not know about how draining all of that stuff can be on the body until I went through it. I do not know if I would have done things differently had I known that. But I do love where I am at right now with my J-pouch.
And yeah, most people that have a mucosectomy done, typically have more problems too. Did you have a mucosectomy done or do you still have your rectal cuff??? I am not sure how the U.K does it, we have a mixture of that at the U.S. I personally have a rectal cuff.
Do you think the dental situation will get better in the NHS system or the UK system???