Reply to "MRI Enterography Study of Small Bowel"

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Could the narrowing be similar to a stricture? If so, could it be dilated? A balloon dilation?

That's a good question, and I am going to need an answer pretty soon, because this weekend I definitely felt like there was an issue in my gut. No pain or cramps, but pressure in the area of my pouch similar to the sensation of a partial blockage. Stool is getting through, but apparently in dribs and drabs - I am not evacuating completely, multiple bowel movements with very small output compared to my normal BM. I have experienced this sensation before, and it was before my surgical J Pouch revisions in 1998 and 2000 when a "septum" developed in my pouch. I will be speaking to my doctor tomorrow and will ask about the balloon dilation.

He told me that there was a significant thickening of the bowel at the junction between the ileum and the J Pouch and that inflammation, presumably, is what is narrowing the pouch inlet.

7/22/128:53 PM

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