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This is a hard choice, and very personal. Overall satisfaction tends to be similar for people who choose a J-pouch and people with an end ileostomy. It seems likely that that’s because they *chose*. In your case one of the challenges is choosing between something you know (your end ileostomy) and the unknown (how your J-pouch would behave). It certainly isn’t idiotic to get a J-pouch - nothing in life is guaranteed to work out well, including things we take for granted, like driving to work. The odds are pretty good with a J-pouch, and it certainly removes the external bag and the associated issues. I’m very happy with my pouch, and it has let me do some unexpected things, like martial arts and scuba diving, that would have been difficult or impossible with an external bag. I am less likely to urgently need a bathroom than someone whose bag has filled up. My J-pouch isn’t perfect, and like most people who spend time on a support forum I can talk about things that have gone wrong with it. It’s much harder to hear from people whose J-pouches are completely (or nearly completely) trouble-free, since they tend to be everywhere but here.

Good luck!

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