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The surgeon offered me one- or two-step J-pouch options. He warned me that my time in the hospital would probably be about the same with either approach. I chose a single stage procedure because I was flying in from out of town. I did have an uncomfortable, ten-day hospitalization, but went back to work in about six weeks. I was lucky that I had close family in the area, and I stayed there for an extended visit during my post-hospital recovery. As for the procedure itself, I slept through it. I’m told that it was completed astonishingly quickly. I’ve been very happy with the result, in spite of developing chronic (antibiotic-dependent) pouchitis around 2008/2009. I’m up to two antibiotics, and if those fail I’ll probably have to start trying biologics. 

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