I had my takedown 3 years ago Gavin had my colon removed, ,& go to the bathroom 15-20xday. Recently I had a sigmoidiscopy and the Dr said I had a bit of piuchitis. I was on Flagyl for 2 weeks and felt  like a million dollars . My frequency was cut back and I could finally sleep more than 2 hr ntervals at night. Even the butt burn and pain was reduced.

BUT..within 24 hrs of finishing the flagyl, the frequency  is back, & having some butt burn. I asked the Dr if he could prescribe an anti inflammatory to use. Waiting to hear.

He suggested going back on Flagyl the first week of each month, for just a week as maintenance. But for the 3 weeks in between I'm afraid I'll be in  misey again.

 A healthy, well-functioning pouch will tend to require 4-6 bathroom trips daily. Some cases of pouchitis are simply cleared up with 10-14 days of Cipro or Flagyl. Other cases (like mine) turn out to require continuous treatment with antibiotics, preferably rotating among a few different antibiotics every 2-3 weeks, if you can find a few antibiotics that are effective for you.