I'm about to have flap surgery for the third time on my butt in 25 years. (Surgery is required due to an infection on the bone.) The plastic surgeon I'm seeing says that he HIGHLY recommends getting a diverting colonoscopy at the same time. I mean he's REALLY pushing to get this done. His reasons seem valid: more control over BP, no chance of mess getting on any future wounds. But, this is a big deal to me. I've always been told "Never go under the knife unless necessary". I'm not having issues bowel-wise, so...
Have any of you experienced this opinion or currently have a diverted colon that can speak on the wisdom of voluntarily having this done. Aaron Mann
