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The procedure itself went fine. However, my GI found inflammation in the pouch. He said it was pouchitis, and he also took biopsies to confirm. Also he is going to send the scope results to my surgeon if he needs to look at it.
I'm kinda surprised since I didn't have the typical pouchitis symptoms other than increased BMs and night time incontinence. There was also iron deficiency which is why I had the pouchoscopy in the first place even though I didn't have blood in any stools.

I'm on cipro and flagyl. I'm going to upload the pics from the scope so I can get your opinions on if it looks like pouchitis, because I've honestly never seen it before. The pictures are obviously aren't for the squeamish.
I'm using imgur since my phone won't let me upload photos.
http://i.imgur.com/VTL9fxS.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/5Yvhrul.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/cRidIJD.jpg
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My rectsl cuff often looks similar to your pics. My inflammation is chronic in tbe cuff even when on rectal meds. Remember, many of us often have some level of inflammation in our pouch even if asymptomatic. At my last scope they found two small ulcers and no visible pouchitis ..go figure. The meds should help clear this up. I take cipro often, on and off since my takedown two years ago.... not happy about it but it beats the alternative. Good luck and feel better.

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