anyone had pouch advancement or hemorrhoid surgery WITHOUT a stoma?

Well, I had a single-stage procedure originally, so in theory I faced the same situation. OTOH I was "lucky" enough that my GI tract shut down for ten days, so by the time anything was emerging there had already been a fair amount of healing.

I'm sorry you're going through this, but it should start to improve soon and then you'll be glad it's over with.

No Advice, just hugs...
Hope you feel better soon Gin,
Sharon

Thanks to both of you. This has been a month of heck, that's for sure. First op on the 26th, woke up without a stoma due to too much scar tissue and problems with reconstruction, had part of my pouch actually hanging out of my anus... Yuck. Only good news was that fistula was completely excised and the muscles in the sphincter and area were strong and not damaged. (Not that it made much a difference during those two weeks; complete incontinence is NOT fun.)

Then the "trim & stitch" procedure on the 10th. Was surprised that this shorter surgery resulted in WAY more pain. Sphincter control is slooooowly returning, but holy stink it is a slow and painful process!

Am now on a COMPLETE no-residue diet (yum, I just love bland food...) and it is helping. Today, for the first time since the 26th, I don't have the shakes.

Hanging in, or attempting to hang in there!

Gin

I had a pouch advancement back on June 22 2014. Did not have a stoma, reason I didn't have a stoma is because I had a tear in my small intestine during an emergency room visit for pouch decompression ( stool had backed up and wouldn't move) yeah it hurt, urgency was the worst and sometimes still is to be honest, I have a TON of gas issues that end up making me go to the restroom a lot. It's been so crazy my surgeon is going to do another pouch advancement. I'll have a stoma for a little while this time.

Yikes, I'm sorry to hear that. The urgency is getting slowly less, but I still can't move very much at all without having to run to the bathroom. It's getting very old very fast. I just want to be able to move around a bit!

I keep reminding myself it's early days, only two weeks today from the second op, BUT because I was completely incontinent for the two weeks in between the two ops, it's been a month of this crap (pun intended) and I am REALLY tired of it all...

Gin