It's been about a year and a half since my reversal and i haven't been feeling bad. however the past month or so I have been having issues sleeping. I seem to be having issues with accidents while sleeping. I take 4-6 lomotil a day, even 2 shortly before bed. nothing I do seems to help. I don't understand why it just started consistently a little over a month ago. some nights I have 3-4 accidents. Needless to say it's starting to really wear me down physically from sleep loss every night. Does anyone have any suggestions on what might help with this? I have even thought about getting depends at my age, but I am afraid that they may cause other issues. Any info would be appreciated.
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For me this is the first sign of pouchitis. If that's the case for you, Cipro or Flagyl would likely take care of it pretty quickly.
Same here. I've rarely had nighttime leakage, but when I have, it's been associated with pouchitis. As Scott said, sometimes things like this can be the first/the only sign. Other things to consider might be cuffitis or even hemorrhoids, but any of the above can and should be checked out by your GI.
I've been having the exact same problem for months. Every time I sleep. My doctor has put me on a course on antibiotics and is doing a procedure every few months to try and widen my pouch (not sure why).