PROS AND CONS of the BCIR Procedure

I thought it would be fun to create a Pros and Cons for the BCIR surgery based on my own experiences.

PROS:

•    I gained and maintained weight!
•    Quality of life is at the highest it could ever be!
•    Full nights of sleep!
•    Depression is gone, except when I lose money at video lottery.
•    I can eat anything whenever I want.  Nothing irritates my belly.
•    I feel normal again.
•    No external bag
•    I poop when I want, not because I can’t hold it!
•    There is nothing I can’t do because of the surgery.
•    I got my life back!
•    No chance of colon cancer!  It ain’t there any more.
•    No more bloody stools from colitis.
•    No more cramps from colitis.

CONS:

•    You have to carry around a catheter for the rest of  your life.  Big deal.
•    You will have a huge scar down your belly.  Makes you look tough.
•    No more audible stinkers.  Can’t compete with grandpa any more.
•    Your colon is gone forever.  Not even a photo album.
•    Pouchitis.  It’s like eating some bad oysters, hurts for a few days then it’s gone.
•    There are risks that it will not work, but it’s rare.
•    You’ll have to find an understanding partner.  Wait, you poop through a tube?
•    Your bu**hole has been moved to you abdomen below the waistline.  No one knows except you!
•    Embarrassing sounds, extra stinky poos.  Could be a PRO
•    Adhesions, occasional blockages, complications.  Life is a risk.

Last updated by Jay at October 20, 2014.