So... over the weekend I had a really rough time with my j-pouch. I felt incredibly fatigued, my frequency just about doubled (~12/day), and I had a lot of spasming and urgency. I pretty much felt like I had to go constantly, but managed to stay off the toilet for an hour or two at a time.
In any case, I was all set to contact my GI today to talk about pouchitis or a C. diff recurrence, but today, like magic, I feel completely back to normal. No urgency, on track for ~6/day, no spasms, etc.
I'm thinking it's most likely that I had a 48 hour stomach bug. However, I also started jogging outside again last week, and I'm wondering if it's possible that the exertion from the exercise OR exposure to pollen (there's a TON of it here) could have triggered the pouch symptoms? I didn't exercise at all over the weekend and I stayed mostly indoors, too.
Any thoughts? I know most of the time it's impossible to tell with this stuff, just curious if anyone else has ever found that exercise or allergens could trigger pouchitis type symptoms.
In any case, I was all set to contact my GI today to talk about pouchitis or a C. diff recurrence, but today, like magic, I feel completely back to normal. No urgency, on track for ~6/day, no spasms, etc.
I'm thinking it's most likely that I had a 48 hour stomach bug. However, I also started jogging outside again last week, and I'm wondering if it's possible that the exertion from the exercise OR exposure to pollen (there's a TON of it here) could have triggered the pouch symptoms? I didn't exercise at all over the weekend and I stayed mostly indoors, too.
Any thoughts? I know most of the time it's impossible to tell with this stuff, just curious if anyone else has ever found that exercise or allergens could trigger pouchitis type symptoms.
