I am female, so not sure if that makes a difference, but I had trouble peeing for a while too. I never sought help as I was able to go, it was hit or miss. It went away pretty quickly.

Good luck!

I had the same problems after stage 2 but it passed after a few weeks, I'm 56 male. Look at the other threads here on Loop Ileostomy for more re assuring info, unfortunately loop ileos are notoriously troublesome but in no way is that an indication of problems with the functioning of the new pouch when connected.
Paul

Paul

I am a bit confused by what you say. My pouch and ileostomy are fine, its peeing that I am struggling with. Is this the same issue you had?

I am a female but am only about two months post take down and am also having the same problem. It has been going on since right after my takedown. It is a huge struggle to pee but if I sit on the toilet long enough I can usually go, but it takes a while. The doctors don't say much about it, but it doesn't seem normal to me....I hope it just works itself out once I am more adjusted to my j pouch.

I 25 male and had exact same problem. Sometimes standing and leaning forward helped, other times just upping my liquid a lot helped. Things improved but I can't put a time on it.

I am male and 42. I had similar problems. I even had an event where I sputtered to a top while peeing. (Like a straw hitting air at the end of the cup). That was disturbing! I'd say I was back to normal with peeing after a month or two.

ccanepa456.....I posted my response in another part of this website....advice....... Am wondering who your surgeon was since I, too, live in CA. Best wishes.

I'm a 45 year old female and have been having the same problem. I had to be catheterized a couple of times after my first surgery. I don't require catheters now but I need to sit on the toilet and shift positions numerous times before completely emptying my bladder (it may take 10-15 min). I am 8 weeks post takedown and still having trouble. Many times I also get severe pain when urinating. My surgeon doesn't know what is causing this. I just had a pouch endoscopy under local anesthesia but they just called me today and want to do a more in depth study under general. It's scheduled for June 25th so hopefully they figure this out. It's horrible. I have read several posts where people have had similar problems up to 6 months and then their bodies healed. Hopefully this will be the case for both of us.