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I have had my BCIR for just over one year and experience discomfort (I don’t think of it as pain) when my pouch is full or I have an excess of gas. Emptying the pouch brings relief, and sometimes I have to do it 2-4 hours after the last intubation. It is possible that your pouch did not develop to an optimal capacity (600-1000 cc’s) during the first several months after your surgery. Another possibility is that you are not able to fully empty your pouch. These are things you should ask your surgeon about. A third possibility is excess gas, which dairy products are known to produce for some people. Other posts on this forum list various gas producing foods. A lot of what we pouchers do is trial and error: see what works best for us. Hope things work out for you.
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