I am about 12 weeks post take down and for the last 3 weeks or so, I've been down to about 5-7 BMs each day (usually one overnight) with limited urgency. I've been feeling pretty good and finally happy to be somewhat 'normal' again.
Yesterday, though, was awful and it seems to be continuing this morning. For awhile yesterday afternoon, I was racing to the bathroom every hour. 3 bathroom trips overnight. Terrible butt burn.
I had a lot of pineapple in my smoothie yesterday and I'm really hoping that's the cause (or something else I ate). If it is food, how long would be reasonable to expect to feel the after effects of it? I sure hope this isn't some other complication..... I seem to recall my surgeon saying that one indication of pouchitis is a sudden increase in BM frequency but I'm really hoping this will resolve itself later today!