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i had my original surgery October 28th at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, i had a temp loop ileostomy and a jpouch formed. I was supposed to have my takedown surgery on January 23 but on January 10th i was admitted to my local hospital because i had intense tail bone pain and my vitals were low and my white blood cells in my stool were high, i also had pus or mucus coming from my stoma. they did a ct scan and found a pelvic abscess and put a drainage tube in my right butt cheek. i go back for another ct scan on the 29th, but right now im just worried that there was an issue with my jpouch that maybe it was leaking and also that because of this abscess that im going to lose my pouch and have the ileostomy permanently, has anyone had any experience with this.

ps. i also talked to my doctors at Mayo and they said that my surgery would be delayed 3 months because of the abscess because they want to make sure its all clear
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I had a pelvic abscess with a drain through the butt cheek that I kept for about a month. They did weekly CT scans until the abscess pocket had collapsed. The presumption was that there was a slight leak right after surgery, before everything healed. I had a 1-step, so I did not have an ileostomy, so it did not delay my takedown. That was in 1995, and there has been no recurrence. Hopefully, you will be as fortunate. No guarantees, but it certainly is possible.

Jan Smiler

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