About three/four weeks ago I posted about some significant pain in the general butt area. My surgeon found that I have gas outside my pouch in the pelvis that was causing some very painful inflammation. We did a CT scan and found no holes in the pouch. He put me on Cipro and Flagyl for three weeks, and I'm finishing up now.
(I am 11 months out from takedown.) While on the C/F I feel great and forget for the first time that I even have a pouch. I've gained weight, started to run a bit to keep from being overweight, sleeping well (most often through the night!) and literally had a few days that I'm not sure I went to the bathroom more than twice all day! For you guys out there, I caught myself standing up to pee (it was a long time since that happened.)
Of course my hope is that this course knocked out whatever issues I've had, but not overly optimistic and my best guess I'll need to manage on/off antibiotics, etc.
It also struck me that business associates and friends no longer ask me how I feel .. I must look healthy again!
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