When I had that cramping I would stand still and wait the 10 seconds or so until it went away, then I could move again. I remember doing this in Walgreens, the only store I would go to. I'd just look at whatever was next to me in the aisle until it went away.

I think it is "normal". I hate that word as nothing about any of this is normal. To help with gas try to get on all 4's and move your head to the floor with your butt up in the air. Hold this 30 seconds or more. Gas moves up this way. There was a Dr. Oz TV show segment on lately showing 2 exercises for helping to pass gas. One was this one and the other involved laying on your back and moving your legs - which I think would be hard to do at 3 weeks.

So does the cramping eventually go away or it something I'm supposed to get used to?

Glad to hear its "normal!"

I believe this is normal. I had horrible pain in my tailbone area after the surgeries. I think it might just be your body adjusting, stretching, etc.

I'd recommend just keeping an eye on it and if the pain starts to get much worse, head to the doctor. But I think this is just your body adjusting.

I forgot to mention the tailbone pain, thanks Dog. I also had bladder pain until my bladder settled back into place. They have to move everything around inside and it felt swollen to me. Plus your j-pouch is transitioning from being small intestines to doing colon like functions.

It gets better. I didn't understand when they said it would take a year to recover that it would be so bad at the beginning.