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CT, I am not the least bit shy about posting pouch pics, unless we're not supposed to do that here. I'm guessing its fine since you did it. If I can get them from either or both scopes, I'll post them.
I posted them in 2010 and 2012, and I suspect nobody else ever did because they don't know how to redact their pics to protect their privacy, or otherwise they are scared to post them, or perhaps believe that it may be against the rules to do so, as you do. Maybe they are just ashamed or disgusted by them. I really have no clue, but I am the only person who has ever done it. To those who haven't, I say this: information is power and lack of information is weakness.
I had my GI redact my personal identifying information from the pics before I posted them, but there are ways to do this on your own as well. My GI then emailed me the pics and I uploaded them to the board.
There would be no attachment function if you were not allowed to upload pics.
I remember a few years ago some young stud posted pics of himself shirtless and asked everyone what they thought of his body. Actually, he had a pretty good body, but he was like 23 and I was like so what, I had a good body when I was 23 too.
I am not pressuring anyone to do anything they don't want to, but my personal opinion is that it is in everyone's interest to share info and PICS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS. Some people who are posting on the board are not the greatest communicators or writers, and it would serve their interests much better if they posted pics of the condition they are talking about (this is not directed at you Kia and is just meant to be a comment in general).
Anyway, by my posting of my pics, and Jan's posting of the CC pics, you now know what mild, moderate and severe pouchitis are all supposed to look like, and where you may potentially fall in that spectrum. If we had not posted the pics, you would not know.