| Yes, Often have to have a bowel movement before I can even begin to pee....now it requires thinking and trying....it never did before
Colectomy March 2010
J pouch creation Jan 2011
Takedown March 2011
K pouch and anal closure Nov 2011
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| Same here ladies. Weird.
UC dx'd August 2001
2004-2009 nice, long remission, no meds
sweet baby girl born 11/09
flare, meds failed
total colectomy/end ileo 2/24/10
S-pouch created, loop ileo 1/5/11
Takedown 3/22/11
Efferent limb syndrome dx'd at Cleveland Clinic 8/2011
Temp ileo scheduled for 10/11/11
Pouch revision... Later!!
What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls a butterfly. --Richard Bach
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| well, at least I'm not the only one?
God is Good. All the time.
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| yep, totally know what you mean. i only just started to get those real strong bouts of urination again only because i have a baby compressing my bladder into a pancake.
total colectomy/j-pouch creation/temp ileo: 02/05/10
takedown: 04/12/10
son born: 06/22/11
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| Hmmm. lately it actually hurts sometimes. soo odd!
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| I have to empty my pouch to empty my baldder...but my pouch won't empty if my bladder is full  ...so I need to never have both full at the same time...I also stutter when I pee...starts and stops...so yup..surgery is never just surgery...it is also a whole basket full of complications. Sharon
It could be worse...oh, wait..it already has been! then I guess it can only get better from here....
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| It took several years, but I retrained my muscles and my mind so that I actually CAN pee now without emptying the pouch, or pee first and then empty the pouch, but it's very tricky and took awhile to master. It's easier to just let both go at once, of course, but when you're in a public bathroom, which I am almost all day at work, it's nice to have a choice of just peeing and then hang out a moment til the other person leaves and then empty the pouch. |
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| So glad to hear it's not just me! Just when I think I'm all done....there it goes again! I'm hoping in time it will get better. |
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| Yep.  I actually can hold one and let the other go. Well I can hold the pouch and pee but not vice versa. Anyway...its a matter of major concentration though. Who would've thought back before that going to the bathroom would be something to ponder--A LOT.  I guess its all good. Especially with some of the other more *serious* problems that can come as a result of surgery! Am glad to hear I'm not the only one though. Some comfort in that.
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