Pouchitis?

It's possible you have pouchitis. Very similar to my symptoms. What antibiotics do you have? I usually take Cipro and flygal. You can try taking them and see if you feel better, usually I notice a difference quickly. You can also call your doctor, many will take questions especially at this time.

Good luck

That’s what I have for antibiotics too. I’m worried at how quickly this happened after surgery! Do you get pouchitis often? 

I developed my only case of pouchitis right after surgery. I may be way off base with this but I attribute it to the liquid diet which contained alot of  sugar (juice, jello, and pop cycles).  I had a diverting ileostomy for a time later on and with that take down I ate broth, yogurt,  thin oatmeal and probiotics. No pouchitis. It could all be chance but it seems reasonable to me that a 'clean' bowel filled with sugar would develop an imbalance of bacteria. it cleared up with antibiotics. My diet continues to be no/low sugar and starches. Hope you get feeling better. Who needs pouchitis with the rest of the stress in the world. xo

It sounds like pouchitis to me. I’d normally suggest taking one antibiotic rather than two, unless your doctor felt strongly about your taking both at once. It’s nice to have a Plan B, and if you get bad side effects while on both at once you may not be able to work out a sensible next step. Cipro often works astonishingly quickly. Hopefully one course will be all you need.

Thank you both for your input. Do you recommend taking the antibiotics for the full two week course? I’ve never followed that rule only because I hate being on them. 

Cipro was the only one that I took and it cleared it on its own. But I don't have alot of experience with pouchitis. 

Yes, take the full two-week course, to maximize the chances that you’ll be done with this for a good long while. No one in their right mind “likes” taking antibiotics, but it’s best, if you can, to employ your rational mind instead of your emotional one in these cases. If antibiotics are that upsetting you might want to consider starting a good bacterial probiotic to (possibly) reduce the likelihood of future pouchitis episodes. The best ones are expensive, though. Good luck!

It can be hard to get rid of pouchitis so I wouldn't suggest any shorter than two weeks for antibiotics either.

I take probiotics to help stop the reoccurrence of pouchitis as I am prone to pouchitis.