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For some back ground, basically I got my reversal in July last year, my wound never healed and I had a big hole in my belly until last month. I went for a check with my surgeon last month for him to see my wound and routinely asked about my pouch. I told him I was still having a bit off bother holding it in when I was standing up ect and they decided to do a pouchoscopy (if they are called that haha) and turns out I did have pouchitis, potentially for a very long time hence the never healing and so was put on 6 weeks of cipro. I'm on week 3 or 4 and now I'm finding I'm leaking and I don't even know I'm doing it until I go to the loo and there's a nice big mess in my pants! Could this just be the anti biotics irratating my pouch and will calm down once I stop them? Cause if it isn't, pouchitis wasn't as bad as this! Haha please help!

Thanks! Steph xoxo
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Before they started you on Cipro did they test you for c.diff. This would have required a stool test too. My GI took a sample while doing my pouch scope. I'm asking this as Cipro gave me c.diff before so I can never take it again.

It is difficult to test for c.diff once you are on antibiotics. I don't know if there is another test for it while on antibiotics or not. I had c.diff while having cuffitis and IPS. (The symptoms are all similar as well as they are with pouchitis.)

Flagyl treats c.diff as well as pouchitis. You need to talk to your doctor but I'm wondering if s/he needs to switch you to Flagyl to treat your pouchitis as the Cipro is making you ill.

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