Reply to "Constant mucus drainage"

Paige,

In my situation, the increase mucous drainage seemed to be related to increased inflammation of the pouch. When they did a pouchoscopy, my GI said the pouch looked pretty bad with ulcers and poor-appearing tissue. Since my quality of life was deteriorating due to the constant drainage, and the fact that the pouch itself was in bad shape, my GI and colorectal surgeon recommended removing it and closing off the anus, or Barbie butt surgery. (Actually called an abdominal perineal resection.

I had the surgery in August and I have never felt BETTER. It is wonderful to not have to worry about changing pads every 1-2 hours and being able to do any athletic activity that I love such as hiking and biking. Yes, it is a major operation but I recovered quickly and am so happy with my decision to remove that troublesome pouch!

I was never able to find a solution to the mucous drainage issue other than that.

Take care… Jamie

11/28/214:35 PM

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