Hello - had total colectomy w/ jpouch 11 years ago after on and off UC for 20-25 yrs and dysplasia discovery / all went very well until the last few years - having more frequent bouts w/ I assume is pouchitis - Cipro always knocks it out but now it returns quicker / all post colectomy scopes including last one in March are good / another problem is that my hemoglobin went from over 14 to 9.8 in two years / have been taking pepto bismol for about 6 weeks and that helps a lot w/ frequency and somewhat w/ night leakage / regular doc prescribed iron supplements for the low hemoglobin and that worked (am 62 and for the past year could hardly jog a half mile - after about 3 weeks of iron I can jog 4 miles in 42 minutes as hemoglobin is now at 13.5) - woner why apparent iron deficiency has just manifests itself the last couple of years?
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