Hi everyone,

im a 19 year old boy who had my j pouch constructed last July, everything was perfect up until about beginning of December where I noticed a difference in the amount of stools I was going, I usually went around 3bm and 1bm night but as of March I am up to about 8-10bm a day and 3bm at night bad consistency. It has been confirmed I have pouchitis and some cuffitis going on but the pouch looks perfect other than that. I believe my flare ups came from protein powder I was taking for the gym, which I have now stopped. However I have been on metronidazole and cirpo which after my second course seem to be doing less for me and not thickening my stools or reducing pain holding in. I can only notice subtle differences on it. I take vsl as well which helps but I am awaiting a medication that will put me into remission and then start to use it a lot more to keep it that way. I was wondering how others have coped defeating pouchitis or cuffitis, and what medication it was that put them into remission

Thanks