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Hi Everyone.  I have a problem with my j-pouch getting enflamed and infected when I travel by a vehicle or in a smaller boat.  This latest episode happened while I was on a Cruise and I went out in a boat to see humpback whales.  I was doing fantastic up to that point!  The cruise line offered lots of gluten free options so I was really well.  I went on a bus for 1/2 hour and started to feel rawness in my pouch area.  Got on the boat and we went out to the whales 🐳 and although I was suffering a bit I was able to enjoy seeing them.  However it was a bumpier ride on the return trip and my pain climbed up to 8 out of 10.  By the time I took the bus back to the ship I was in a lot of pain.  I went and laid down for a while and then when I went to the bathroom I bled alot!  Haven’t bled like since I had ulcerative colitis.  Any ideas what is going on? Is my pouch moving out of place?  I am in so much pain and I saw my Doctor.  He upped my amoxicillin and took a blood test.  Blood test shows my reactive protein is 10 (previously was 4) and that I have an infection.

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I notice it now every time I drive long distance..ie more than a couple of hours.  It’s really restricting my ability to go places!  I take a plane if the flight is a couple of hours but don’t go farther or sets it off.  The Doctor has increased my amoxicillin and it has slowly subsided.  It could be diet I suppose or stress of travelling too.  It’s just that it happens only for long distance travel….so strange.  I see my Gastroenterologist next week so will see what she says.  Thanks for your replies.

I get stress-related gut/butt irritation when I travel.  Sometimes it kicks in a little before. If it was only after or during travel, I'd think it was from something that happens during travel, but since it sometimes happens during prep for travel, I think it must be stress. My digestive system has acted up during travel so often that I even anticipating travel can set it off!  Even though I have fun too....it's hard to break that cycle. Funny thing is that I have to take trips for my job and they rarely cause the same thing.. Those trips are short and routine, even though I have to spend the night in hotels for them often. It's only when I travel for "fun" that I get stressed because those are the trips that, because they have been generally longer and I didn't always have access to proper food (for work trips I bring all my food), my digestion would respond badly. It seems I have developed a specific phobia, though it's only my digestive system that acts scared. I'm still working on reinforcements I can use to give the system extra support when it gets scared, so I'll have more practice having fun trips without constantly being uncomfortable, then maybe the phobia will decrease?  I hope so!  I'm tired of this pattern!   

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