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Hey, good luck with your surgery!

It took me 6-8 weeks to recover form the second step, I slept 12+ hours everyday to recover, so another surgery only 4-5 weeks later would be a torture on my body. I know everyone is different, but I suggest you focus on recovering from your upcoming surgery first before asking for another one.

My surgeon made me wait 3 months between step 2 and 3. 4-5 weeks seem short already! Although my experience with the loop was a real nightmare, I had to change the appliance multiple time some days,  I still believe it is better not to rush things. The end result will have to last for a life time, and that is more important than a couple months suffering. Once you start using the pouch, you will see that it will have to endure a lot at the very beginning. I remember thinking at that time that how a cruel thing it is for a doctor to do this surgery at one step, and I felt so sorry for people who had to have it all in one step.

I never doubted my surgeon’s decision to wait 3 months. He made me wait 6 months between step one and two as well. There are many surgeons out there who wait this long for the safety of the patient. My surgeon’s specialty is fixing failed j-pouches, he is one for the rare surgeons that operates on multiple failed pouches every week. He was very very strict about waiting 6 months between step one and two and at least 3 months between step two and three. So if yours says 4-5 weeks, he already is offering you a very short period compared to other surgeons. I would say wait at least two months if you can, and three if you want to reduce your chances of future complications.

 

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