Thanks for the new ideas, Jan. I appreciate your insight.
I had a full scope earlier this year and the pouch looked good, but that was before this all started. On a (seemingly) separate issue, earlier this year I had a blood test that surprisingly showed me to be iron deficient and so I had the scope and an endoscopy which were looking for a source of bleeding. Nothing was found, and so I went on liquid iron (Floravital) to successfully bring my numbers back into range.
I suppose another scope will be in my future. Maybe my GI will refer me for that when I see him on Thursday. My symptoms are definitely not getting better.
I have never had a fever through all of this, and my wife and infant have been in perfect health (knock on wood)..