all docs are like this I think.I'm sure I could this of some offenses my GI has committed but none pop into my mind right at this moment... my surgeon however is another story. This summer I made to decsion to get an ileostomy instead of living like I was with the j-pouch. (the j-pouch, explained in a nutshell- due to severe UC all of my colon was removed and my small intestine was sewn directly to my anus, mine didn't work) my surgeon didn't want me to get the ileostomy, he wanted to keep trying to make "his" surgical creation work, so he kept refusing to do the srgery for the ostomy until I tried more and more meds to make the j-pouch work.Then he refused to do the surgery the way I wanted it done... basically, I wanted my j-pouch removed, and my anus sewn up, making my ostomy permenent, no chance of ever getting reconnected. He said I was too young to make that decision and wouldn't do it. So the j-pouch was left inside my butt and my ileostomy was created just above it in my intestine.... so I COULD get it reconnected if I wanted (but why in the hell would I want to be sick again?) so it's still there, just disconnected from the rest of my digestive system... since it's not being used, it stiil produces mucous, but it leaks. It's so degrading. My butt leaks mucous all the time and there's nothing I can do about it except wear pads. It's worst at night, occasionally I wake up and the sheets are soaked in clear liquid mucous... gross, I know. That is why I wanted it taken out. So I have to live with this forever, or undergo another major surgery, because my surgeon wouldn't listen to me and said I was too young. HAH. there's more, believe me, I have a long list of why I hate my GI and surgeon. Those are just the current ones.Kate
