League_Girl wrote:
Okay does that man have an intellectual impairment and why would someone refuse surgery?
Lots of people refuse surgery.
If you are looking at a colostomy/ileostomy bag after surgery, some people would rather take their chances of infection or who knows what else than the above. Even if it is a temporary thing.
The surgery could be taking out a small part of the bad colon. It could be that with a temporary or a permanent colostomy bag. Sometimes the doctors don't know until they start digging. You may go in for laperscoptic surgery and wake up with tubes and all sorts of stuff hanging off of you.
I don't know how "well" he followed his treatment plan. Sometimes UC can be controlled by diet. Maybe he didn't have to mental compacity to follow a complicated medical regiment.
On the surface this is a *oh no, clutches pearls article*. Considering how NHS hates spending a dime on anyone, I figure the guy was pretty sick.