I’m 33 and have had my pouch since 2007. These last few months have been hell, as I found out I had 2 perianal fistulas which ended up causing abscesses in my scrotum and perineum. I had a seton placed in November and when the 2nd fistula was discovered, another seton placed. Had a pouchoscopy to rule out Crohn’s last month and my GI told me I had one small stricture which she dilated.
She advised me to take an iron supplement due to low counts, so I started Feosol Complete in late February. Once I realized that could be the be the cause of the evacuation issue, I stopped it last week to see if there’s been any improvement. I really haven’t noticed much of a difference this last week.
Could the difficulty be from the fistulas? I was also on Wegovy for pretty much all of 2023 but I stopped it around Christmastime. I’m hoping I didn’t do any permanent damage from taking that? But my bowel movements went back to normal when I originally stopped it, so this has only really been an issue the last 2 months.