It occurred to me that there is one main physical difference between the routine endoscopy on the pouch and the EBD or endoscopic balloon dilation. In the routine endoscopy on the pouch, the J pouch itself is used as a balloon and inflated with air, resulting in flatulence- explosive farting and gas after the procedure. In the EBD, an actual balloon inflated with gas is used to stretch a stricture in the pouch, but the gas within the balloon does not escape into the pouch and is instead withdrawn into a machine. Hence, there is no flatulence after the EBD, no gas or farting, as after the routine pouch scope.
I had my first BM since the EBD just a little while ago and I hope this is a sign that the J pouch inlet walls held firm during the procedure, did not perforate, and provided a good seal on the contents on the pouch. I feel pretty good.
Just wondering how many dilations it is going to take. 3? 4? 5? 6? I wonder what the record number of dilations is on a stricture in the Guinness Book of World Records? Not that I want to be in The Guinness Book of World Records for most dilated stricture, much like this fellow Connecticut resident who seems to have taken great pride in her accomplishment: the world record biggest mouth gape: