Hi everyone! So for about the past three weeks I am mostly straining when I go to the bathroom and I can't seem to help it. I feel like I have to strain to totally empty my pouch to the best possible extent. I've also been seeing blood about 2 to 3 times throughout the day. Usually a little in the toilet or on the toilet paper or even a few streaks in the stool. I'm really not sure if it's a hemorrhoid or could I maybe have a prolapse j pouch even? My doctors thought it could be a mild case of pouchitis but I didn't think it was that, who knows! I'm new to the j pouch, only about a month since my take down and starting to get a little nervous that I could have a prolapse j pouch because of the pain my bottom endures...although I was just thinking it was butt burn, but then again I almost think I can feel something by my butt when I am straining. It's so hard to tell! I could use some input and advice thanks!
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