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Thank you all for replies.  I have been experimenting with my diet to reduce gas, and I've tried simethicone tablets (mixed results) - going to try beano.  I have been drinking lots of tea and trying the plastic enema bottles.  i fill two at home and bring them to work.  I wear loose pants so I can put them in one pocket without it seeming too obvious.  I have had a few successful trials although today the little amount of water in the bottles did little because the contents were so thick.  

As far as my valve condition - I have been leaking gas since about a month after the K-pouch creation.  I had it done in Cleveland by Fazio in 2005.  I have always felt that it must be by design because if I couldn't release gas I would blow up like a balloon.  Being able to relieve pressure allows me to go longer without having to empty.  This is great on a hike in the woods, but not in the office.  I have never been able to take a month of down-time to go for a repair so I have come up with work-arounds:

Here are the patches I make that have a 2" x 2" filter from Flat-D.com.  I use a 3 x 3 gauze pad cut into 4 pieces.  I used a teflon cutting board to mark 

Hole Cutter:

Taped, holes cut, filter corner locations marked...

Peel off and place 1st of 3 filters and paper dividers:

Stack on 2 more filters and gauze squares

Cover with a peel-able plastic film

Every 2 weeks I make about 30 of these in about half an hour. The hole in the paper is a passageway "forces" gas thru the filters.  I re-use the filters and the plastic backing. I use the filter covers if I am going to be in close quarters (office, movies, train...) otherwise I use cut up continent pads and paper tape.  Please ask if you want more details.

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