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Reply to "Tailbone pain as the main symptom? What is this?"

Hi @GinaPouchtastic, a stricture is just a "narrowing" of any bodily passageway. In our (J Pouchers') case, it could be our anus that is constricted because solid stool is not passing through the opening enough to keep it stretched out. As a result, the opening gets tiny.  Anyway, you seem to have a lot going on right now and I feel for you. I am glad that your tailbone is 99% better. One theory I had for that hurting was that perhaps you were not emptying your pouch enough or you chronically had a lot of gas in your pouch and this can push against the tailbone. (If I understand the anatomy of J pouches correctly, they sit right up against the tailbone or quite near it.) I hope that you feel better every day, regardless of whether you figure out what is causing it!

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