Sorry to hear of your troubles.

I would get back on the antibiotic ASAP. It worked for you in the past. Since you had a mucosectomy (Stripping of the rectal lining), it cant be cuffitis. Hence, pouchitis is the logical answer. Especially with increased gas, pain, fatigue, etc.

I would call the doctor again and expalin your symptoms and concerns. Sometimes a 2 weeks supply of antibiotics is not enough to get rid of the pouchitis. Doctors still dont fully understand pouchitis and treatment appears to be trial and error for everyone

yes, but he just did a scope friday...he said my pouch doesn't look that bad at all...he said "maybe" low grade pouchitis...

things got worse after the scope friday...now, immodium has slowed things down...and i'm taking vsl#3...

I have to say, my stomach and upper track are gaseous and painful sometimes...

I'm thinking he may be right...Just wait and see if i get better with no meds...that augmentin a month ago could have really whacked my flora badly...of course that doesn't explain small amounts of blood?

we'll see..it's just really frustrating sometimes...because i don't have a definite diagnosis. That's what sucks...

thanks everyone...talk to you tomorrow...

hey everyone,

last night i started a 48 hour clear liquid diet...

I'm only drinking jello, electrolytes, water, chicken broth, etc.

I'm doing this because my stomach started getting very bloated and it was rumbling a lot after i ate ANYTHING.

It seems my diarreah problems have have evolved into a case of IBS or something.

I've had this a couple of times in the past and a clear liquid diet then going to the BRAT diet worked.

I hope this will help things...I'm really hungry right now and i have a little headache because of lack of food, but my stomach has definitely calmed down with no bloating.

But i do have a pain in my lower left abdomen. Near the pouch...

I've had it since i woke up this morning. I don't know why...

But i'm trying to stick to my plan..Please wish me luck/prayers...

thanks,

update....

hey everyone, man i had a struggle for a while...i don't know why my stools are more loose than they used to be, but i'm not worrying about it as much...

i CANNOT gain the weight i used to have...so i don't really know what's going on...

I don't have blood any more in my stools.

I took tinidazole which is for parasites.

That stopped the bloating so i must have gotten something from Peru.

So no stomach pains now, but i still have loose stools and increased BMs...sometimes the stools look decent, so i don't know what's going on..

I used to never take immodium. Now i take a couple of pills at a time when i want to slow down BMs...it works for a few hours...

so i guess i'll just keep doing that...

I think junk food, especially chocolate, really increases BMs too...

hope everyone is well. thank u for your support.

Tyler

I had a bunch of blood in my stool a few weeks ago just one time - I was having a lot of anal pain at the time. I think it was a fissure or hemmoroid bleeding. Anyway it was just that one time and now I'm doing fine.