What's Going on?

Perhaps you’ve got a case of pouchitis. If so a 10-14 day course of Cipro or Flagyl will usually clear it up nicely. This could also be an infection, so it would be best to test for those before starting antibiotics.

@Scott F posted:

Perhaps you’ve got a case of pouchitis. If so a 10-14 day course of Cipro or Flagyl will usually clear it up nicely. This could also be an infection, so it would be best to test for those before starting antibiotics.

if infection, wouldnt the antibiotic help that as well?

@Pouchomarx posted:

if infection, wouldnt the antibiotic help that as well?

Antibiotics are quite specific for many infections. To get the proper treatment for an infection you need to know what infection it is. Cipro or Flagyl would be poor choices for C. diff, for example - Cipro might even make it worse.

I know I may sound ridiculous.

It could be what was mentioned.

But you mentioned stress.  Personal stuff. That's stressful.

Although I had uc all my stress manifested itself to my gut and made it act as it did. 

In hindsight I know that now.

It made my colon and pouch go bonkers. Now that both are gone I had a perfect example of it last night. Stress. I had an episode of being stressed. I could feel it in my stomach.

Yes. I can tell the difference now. Had I had either colon or pouch now it would be goin nuts down there.

What I initially just should have said I'd don't underestimate the stress factor.   

And the other issues mentioned above.

Calm.  Calm yourself. And look into what was mentioned.

I'm rambling. So I'll shut up.

Richard.

@Scott F posted:

Antibiotics are quite specific for many infections. To get the proper treatment for an infection you need to know what infection it is. Cipro or Flagyl would be poor choices for C. diff, for example - Cipro might even make it worse.

TRUE, yeah I had Cdiff after my takedown of my first pouch and that was awful

Flagyl and Cipro never helped me in the past.  Like mentioned in thos thread, it may have made it worse!  Not a good feeling swallowing those big pills when they didn't help at all.