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My Dr. said it takes a full year to get healed & adapted to the jpouch.  Your body changes the way the small intestine works a bit when the colon is gone.  But in three months you should be doing most everything.  Emptying the jpouch is a bit different than before although you still sit on the toilet.  It's more a matter of relaxing the anal muscles to let it out than to actually push.  Be patient, it takes a while.  I found that going then standing up, bending side to side and front to back , then sittting down again and going again helped.   Taking a hot bath would also help me get relaxed to empty better - I did lots of in-and-out-and-in-and-out baths.  

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