Hello all, I'm new to the forum and I see that I've missed a lot of support by not knowing about it. I had my J-pouch surgery 24 years ago at Oschner hospital in New Orleans. Prednisone was the only drug which controlled my UC and I had my surgery to get off of the prednisone. Now that I'm in my 60s, I can tell that I'm going to the bathroom more often and I'm having more problems with gas and an acidic stool, which really burns my rectum. I will take Cipro once a day for several days and my symptoms will improve. As far as I know, I haven't had problems with pouchitis. I've considered having my pouch removed and going with an ileostomy but I'm really undecided on what to do. I live 3 1/2 hours away from the doctors I need to be seeing and the local gastrointestinal doctors around east MS aren't very helpful. Anyway, its great to have folks to talk to now who understand what I'm talking about.
Scott