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Hey guys,

im four months post takedown and I was doing good. Things flowing. Gas passing. I was going to the gym twice a day getting my life back. Then boom 💥. I’m not sure if I was overdoing it or I got a case of pouchitis. I started getting some internal pain what feels like inside below the belt line. I feel like food is going through me faster and a lot more gas. My stool is not as formed and definitely burning a bit more. Frequency has increased. I have had one BM where there was a bit of blood in the toilet but it was like fresh not mixed with the stool. Any advice from someone who had dealt with pouchitis would be appreciated as I’m new to this. Does this sound like pouchitis? 

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It’s possible, but first consider whether your diet has changed significantly. That sometimes happens when people gain confidence, and stop limiting their intake of potentially challenging foods.

For me the key pouchitis symptoms are urgency, frequency, and leakage. Gas mostly forms well before stool gets to the pouch. Blood isn’t a particularly common pouchitis symptom, though it can happen.

Thanks Scott. My diet hasn’t really changed. Still pretty simple. Eggs or oatmeal for breakfast. Something lift for lunch and rice and a protein for dinner. Usually chicken or turkey. The blood isn’t a big concern only happened once so far. The most problematic symptoms I’m having are frequency, urgency and i would say the abdominal pains. I woke up last night sweating and just felt like I was going to puke but didn’t. Was up from 1-6 am 

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