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The temporary ileostomy sounds like a good way to go. I suspect it will give you immediate relief from your symptoms, and it will allow you to get back on your feet. If you like it, you might want to keep it permanently and you can keep the pouch too, so there wouldn't be any more surgery. Most of the time once the pouch is "disconnected" it stops causing trouble. Since you've already lost your colon, the ostomy surgery isn't too bad, so recovery time is fairly fast. I'm hoping this is the "miracle" you've been hoping for. One more thing. When I finally lost my pouch, I felt that I was giving up. Don't feel that way. You're not giving up. You've tried everything available, and now you're moving on with your recovery and your health and your life. Good luck.

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