3years after revision extra pouch grew back

I guess it could be a pouch sinus. That first one sounded unusually large, though. What a nuisance! Good luck.

Thanks for answering, Scott. Isn't a sinus an opening? This is like a clown balloon coming up out of the original pouch with the top attacked to the small intestine.

What does your doctor call it? You should ask him what the specific diagnosis is, so you don't have to guess. Sounds like dilated bowel, like megacolon, except not in the colon.

Jan

Thanks Jan! You know, he didn't use a term last time. He was a bit vague on that. But You are right. I will ask him specifically when I get to see him, in two weeks.

If it is a mega or dilated pouch, is that the sort of condition that just happens over and over to a person because that's the way their particular body works? Just wondering if anyone out there has had this at all. Thanks!

I would not think so. There is a specific, physical reason for this. Usually it is some form of chronic obstruction or lack of normal gut motility that prevents normal forward movement. The result is a backup of bowel contents and dilation.

If you don't have strictures, I would tend to think that this is a motility issue and that is why it is recurrent.

But, I am just thinking out loud here. I really don't know what is specifically going on with you.

I would ask him to write down the terminology if I were you. It is easy to get "office amnesia" from the anxiety and stress of everything going on during an appointment.

Jan

Office Amnesia is what I've got. Great tip. Thanks.