Hi everyone,
I had j pouch surgery on 30th August this year. I have had ulcerative colitis for over 5 years and last year I had my worse flare. I stayed in hospital for over three months and no medication was helping. I ended up have emergency surgery.
I decided to continue this year with another surgery to create the j pouch as I want to look and feel as normal as possible.
I have a couple of questions that I hope you can help with. I had my surgery in London which is a six hour journey from my home as this was the best hospital for this procedure. Therefore to see my surgeon is pretty difficult.
I recovered from surgery well. I had a key hole procedure and left the hospital 5 days after the procedure. Four weeks after the surgery (two weeks or so) I have a feeling of an ache in my rectum and feel like I constantly need to do a poo. I have passed some mucas which I know is normal but is it right to feel like I need to be sitting on the toilet 24/7. The other thing I have noticed is my bladder feels full a lot of the time. I feel like I need to pee and usually when I pass urine I feel like I need to again?
I contacted the nurse at the hospital and she said these feelings are pretty normal after the huge operation that I have just had and that they will get better over time.
Does everyone agree? Is this normal and did anyone else have a similar experience. My take down is due to be 30 November 2015.
Thank you for any advice ��
I had j pouch surgery on 30th August this year. I have had ulcerative colitis for over 5 years and last year I had my worse flare. I stayed in hospital for over three months and no medication was helping. I ended up have emergency surgery.
I decided to continue this year with another surgery to create the j pouch as I want to look and feel as normal as possible.
I have a couple of questions that I hope you can help with. I had my surgery in London which is a six hour journey from my home as this was the best hospital for this procedure. Therefore to see my surgeon is pretty difficult.
I recovered from surgery well. I had a key hole procedure and left the hospital 5 days after the procedure. Four weeks after the surgery (two weeks or so) I have a feeling of an ache in my rectum and feel like I constantly need to do a poo. I have passed some mucas which I know is normal but is it right to feel like I need to be sitting on the toilet 24/7. The other thing I have noticed is my bladder feels full a lot of the time. I feel like I need to pee and usually when I pass urine I feel like I need to again?
I contacted the nurse at the hospital and she said these feelings are pretty normal after the huge operation that I have just had and that they will get better over time.
Does everyone agree? Is this normal and did anyone else have a similar experience. My take down is due to be 30 November 2015.
Thank you for any advice ��
