Hey Poucho,
Yeah my case is a slight complicated, no J-Pouch, just with UC used the restroom only 5-8x a day, at worst, 12-13x. I was young( below 20 ) and things were not explained to me well. So, I have the ileo, but can always have the J pouch. Remzi was willing to create the pouch and take me down all at once. Since, I had the ileo years ago, I have not been on any medication in years. My original surgeon was Scott Strong( he was above Remzi at one point ). Strong left in 2015. So given my situation, only average 5-8x a day.....rather have kept the colon. The j Pouch outcomes, 6-8 daily were not explained to me etc. Had I known, why sacrifice 5-8, for 6-8, and major surgeries? Plus complications?
Anywho, I am about to Nod off, so I can reply better later. If it's anything, someone I know and really close to, just find out this xmas that his surgeon was Remzi. He had surgery about 2 years ago. To my knowledge, he is doing great. Then again, this person is private AKA when they had surgery, wanted no visitors etc. I get it, no one wants to be seen sometimes when they are at their worst. However, they gained some weight back, had more color in their face, and holds a stressful job in HR of a hospital, they have their Ph.D.
Far as surgeons, Lipman has a high success rate, but again prob 30 pouches in their lifetime....kind of scary. Ashburn, looked at her profile, she really just got appointed in 2012, and experience prior was not a tall laundry list.
Thanks for the reply.