I had chills and fevers after my diversion to permanent ileostomy and adhesion surgery. The culprit was a UTI and it was a stinker to get rid of! The test is easy - pee in a cup. 

The mucus is normal, though a nuisance. The tingles of blood don't sound like a big deal. Have the antibiotics started to clear up those infection symptoms?

Hi scott,

the mucus seems to have an increased since last week. I had a 2 week dose after my op which they thought had killed the infection. But I was still getting awful chills, so now on another 2 week course to try again. Chills seem to have died off slightly but still there for sure

Call your doctor...Chills, fever or weakness can be signs that something may be festering in there...an abscess or a UTI or any other kind of infection...not to be neglected...they do not clear up on their own and often times take longer runs of antibiotics to get rid of.

The fluid build-up in the 'pouch of Douglas' is behind your pouch is often very hard to access (creates what they call sterile abscesses that are self contained with no where to go to drain)...also hard to diagnose and heal...

It needs attention...

Sharon

Thanks Sharon, day 3 of antibiotics and chills seem to be less intense. The surgeon said sometimes one bout of antibiotics is not enough

did you mean the mucous is draining from your butt? that is normal, not sure what Sharon meant by behind the pouch and abcessing???

Yeah i understand what Sharon means, after surgery sometimes people can develop fluid inside the pelvis which is my case (mine is posterior of the pouch, which is difficult to drain). It became infected. I took action again after the first course of antibiotics didn't kill it off completely. I am currently in hospital on IV drip of antibiotics to help clear the infection, hopefully it clears up and I can recover in time for my takedown at the start of April. If not the surgeon said I will have another CT scan and move on from there.

The stuff coming from the butt is white mucus with sometimes some tinges of blood, he says this is normal as the small intestine produces mucus and is more prominent on a de-functioned pouch.