Sometimes it's hard to get a bleeding vessel to stop bleeding. You'll probably be fine in the morning. Are you on anything that might slow blood clotting? Aspirin? NSAIDs? Fish oil?

If this is just pouchitis (in an inconvenient spot), you might want to start a probiotic (like VSL #3) when this is behind you, to reduce the risk of recurrence

Thanks for replying Scott.  No i have not taken anything  like aspirin, etc.  I had been on the VSL DS3 and was taken off for awhile.  Recently started back.  I wonder if being taken off caused the ulcer?  I'm just so afraid it won't stop bleeding.  How long has bleeding lasted for you in past?

I've been lucky enough to avoid significant bleeding. I think you'll be fine in the morning.

Stopping the VSL didn't "cause" this, but continuing the VSL might possibly have prevented it. Do you know why it was stopped?

yes I was having some problems with upper GI and he just wanted me off everything for a bit  to determine what might be causing slow digestion.  I never bled this much before surgery!!

This is likely an unfortunate fluke. The pouchitis(?) ulcer just picked a bad spot with a slightly bigger blood vessel getting opened up.

I have experienced bleeding in the pass,but never to the point that I thought that I needed to go to the ER.. To save you from a long story, in the end it was always altering what I was eating. I personally stick to what works,I don't change my eating routine very often.

Example : I eat a gala apples 1x a day, organic, I bought some non organic apples for what ever reason, and started bleeding . it was a few days to figure out what I was doing different , and it dawned on my maybe the apples, I switch back, and Ithe bleeding stopped.

I hope this helps 

Patrick

Do you take any other drug? Or birth-control pills (if female)?

Don't worry you won't lose the pouch from this, it needs just to take that ulcer under control... Are you taking antibiotics for at least two weeks

Thanks everyone.  The scope on Tuesday showed the ulcer was on a blood vessel.  You were correct!!  The Dr. recauterized again SO hopefully this will do it.   NOW he wants to test for Chrohn's even though I have been told UC all these years.  Has this happened to anyone else?  what happens if it is Chrohns?   I have taken a few weeks off work to try and recover.  All input and advice is appreciated! 

I'm glad you were able to get the bleeding dealt with.

A fair number of folks who'd always been told they had UC have been surprised by a possible (and sometimes even actual) Crohn's diagnosis. The tests to distinguish them aren't very reliable. In any case, even if it's definitely Crohn's, or maybe Crohn's, Crohn's can run the gamut from no problem to a big deal - not all cases are troublesome. There are a variety of good medications for Crohn's in 2015, and not everyone with Crohn's needs them.

And maybe you just had pouchitis with a badly placed ulcer.

I wouldn't make the test, just I'd do if antibiotics and cauterization wouldn't work; and ask a second opinion if it doubts for crohns, at present doctors (which I don't consider good doctors) are very "easy" to mark with the word "CROHN'S" every pouch related problem. In many cases is just pouchitis, and I am sure yours it. Be informed, find posts on google using this search: site:j-pouch.org and find the descriptive studies of pouchitis you will find that pouchitis comes in a moltitude of different flavours and still remain pouchitis, in extreme cases, crohn's-like pouchitis.

To be considered crohn's you should have 2 of the following endoscopic symptoms: granuloma, AND outside the pouchitis inflammation (as you don't have neither fistula nor strictures). Otherwise, it's pouchitis.