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Hi stitched together,

It is a long road, but it does get better! The mucous and blood to defacate  is normal and the urgency should improve over time. If not Id ask your surgeon to make sure there is no residual UC in the cuff (did you have your surgery for Colitis?)

Are you connected at all? For my stage 2 my pouch/anus were completely separate from the small bowel--you are "disconnected" to let it heal, so nothing should pass through (but this was 20 years ago so maybe things have changed.....). Taking 12 hours for food togo through sounds suspicious though, is it like nothing for 12 hours and then it comes? Your bowels may be "waking up" but it is a long time. I think within c. 1-2 weeks of surgery my stoma produced things pretty regularly--maybe every 2-4 hours or so.

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