I love this site. It is so good to know other people who understand.
FRH- I have worried about the enmas. It is good to know you have done it for 20 years. I hope I can keep the pouch long enough to be able to say that. I used to just do them occasionally, but it has gotten more often and I have done it at least once a day for a while.
While these issues are an ongoing thing, I am pretty sure I had a partial blockage when I began this post. I have had total blockages and know what those feel like, but this was different. No hard stomach, no nausea and I was able to use the enema to pass stool. I did have pain on the right side, but not too bad. I was exercising and hoisted my body up off the floor when something inside "flipped." After that, I was able to empty and the pain mostly cleared up.
After 14 years, we can still learn new things about our pouches. They never fail to surprise.