Hi guys! I was diagnosed with UC in 2010, had part 1 of my J-Pouch surgery on Sept. 6, 2012 and just had the ileostomy reversal/takedown this past Wednesday on the 24th. My surgeon said everything went well with the surgery, I started having gas and BMs the day after my surgery and was discharged this past Saturday.

The frequency of my BMs is pretty high (definitely more than 10, which is what my surgeon had originally said I'd be having), the consistency is usually pretty watery, but slightly thicker (depending on what I eat), I've started experiencing the loveliness that is "butt-burn", but I'm straining when going to the bathroom and don't feel like I've gotten everything out, and, starting yesterday, I've been having some mildly painful cramps randomly throughout the day. Also starting yesterday, it's kind of painful to get up and sit down (<-- an activity that now always makes me feel like I need to go to the bathroom).

Does this sound like pouchitis or just the normal healing process after takedown? Sorry if I'm overreacting to something normal, but my health tends to follow Murphy's Law (whatever can go wrong, will go wrong), so I wanted to make sure this isn't anything abnormal.

Thanks, guys.

- Missy