I have light brown stool that kind of has yellow/pal brown tint to it every now any again. It is formed and no other issues. Do people get this also or does it have to be that darker brown that eveyone thinks of as brown?
I have had pouchitis/pre pouch ileitis issues and want to make sure I am on the right track. Things are way more formed and less frequent than before and look a lot better but the color goes from this like/pale brown to a little darker at times.
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I don’t think there’s much useful information in stool color from a J-pouch. It often looks rather like the food we’ve eaten, and even when it doesn’t it’s generally not worth your attention.
Works for me! Yea it takes about 5-6 hours between bowel movements from eating to start passing or more. The consistency is great so glad that doesn’t determine much!
In the beginning, it freaked me out a little but now I pay little attention to it.
the only thing I will add is that the darker the color the longer it has been in my pouch and less likely to cause butt burn. The lighter the color means it’s passing thru me quicker and therefore more acidic/caustic, and more butt burn.
HTH
