I am not a long time poster on this site and this may be my last and let me tell you why. I have had the step 1 and step 2 surgeries of the 3 step J pouch process. I have been reading posts on a couple different websites and to tell you the truth most of the stuff I have read freaks me out. I do feel for everyone that has issues with their pouch and hope that they all find some comfort at some point. When new J pouchers such as myself read this stuff it makes us think that every ache and pain is something bad about to happen to us. Example: I have been having alot pain while sitting recently so I came to this site and got advice that it could be this or could be that to the point that I was freaking out. It is my fault and my fault only that I fell into this trap of that is called borrowing trouble. So I made an appointment with my awesome surgeon at the Clevelanf Clinic and he did a scope and a CT scan and showed me all of the results which show that everything is perfectly fine. The pain I was expereincing was a couple small kidney stones and due to the recontruction of my intestines etc. the pain just happened to be shooting into my tailbone. I feel much better and have learned to trust my gut feeling and to call my surgeon or GI right away instead of visiting a web site. In no way am I bashing any of the posters on this site because I do feel for everyone that has issues but maybe our nerves and stress got us where we are in the first place. So my last advice is to stop trying to borrow trouble and call a doctor rather than read nothing bt negative information.
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