All,
I had pouchitis for months and had no idea. I went on antibiotic (few rounds) and it kicked it. I was doing really well then all the sudden it got out of wack and then I got a common cold. I am over the cold and it is 6 days since I have resolved that but I am still not where I was before bowel wise. Does it take a while to get back to where you were before or could it have triggered pouchitis again?
Thanks,
Derrick
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It sometimes takes me a week or three to get back to normal after a cold.
Scott,
It is my first cold since I have had my pouch so I really don’t know what is normal and what is not. It isn’t terrible but frequency is up and not a formed as it was. It has improved looking as it was a lot of yellow. That has gotten better but I am just a little off still and don’t know if I should give it more time or if it could have reignited my bad pouchitis I had. It seems I should give it a little time.
I Appreciate the insight!
-Derrick
Are you better after a cold?
Not completely where I was before but definitely leaps and bounds from where I was even a week and a half ago. Definitely threw things through a loop. I think it triggered mild pouchitis also so I was given a script of cipro and that helped my cramping and bloating I was having.
I'm trying to understand the common cold too. It looks like it might be affecting the j pouch.
Yea it definitely threw it through a loop. It didn’t happen right away. It took part way through my cold for it to really affect the jpouch. Yea it did for sure affect it and took a little while to get back but I’m about there.
