Thanks everyone for your replies and support! It is wonderful to have someone who gets the whole jpouch thing as I don't personally know anyone who has this. I'm not as tender down there today but my cuff still feels a little bit swollen. I went ahead and put a call into my doctors nurse and would like his opinion.He has been my GI for fifteen years and also did my pouch surgery. He knows that I usually go with the flow (lol ) and take it in stride but I just want to be cautious with my precious pouch.