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@Drbev603 posted:

WOW! How do they do a Pouchoscopy???  Scott, you are controlled by Cipro and Flagyl.  What do they do??

Cipro and Flagyl control the inflammation of my pouch - in my case it’s chronic pouchitis and comes back if I stop the medicine. Without the medication I have frequency, urgency, and leakage. With the medication I feel great and eat whatever I want.

A pouchoscopy is a fairly quick peek inside the pouch with a scope (usually a flexible sigmoidoscope). It can reveal obvious inflammation or ulcers visually, and biopsies can be taken to identify more subtle inflammation. Most people do it with no sedation, but others prefer to be sedated.

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