HealingWell
Search Close Search
☰

J pouch question

Support Forums
>
Ulcerative Colitis
✚ New Topic ✚ Reply
❬ ❬ Previous Thread |Next Thread ❭ ❭
Posted 1/5/2022 5:51 PM (GMT -8)
Hi
Asking for a friend who has completed 2/3 surgeries . She has high output with loop ileo and is really dreading the third surgery and j pouch training. This current ostomy sounds like a nightmare .. raw and irritated around stoma and high output . How bad is it after j pouch?
Posted 1/5/2022 6:40 PM (GMT -8)
It's pretty bad. I was going constantly and I had very low capacity immediately following surgery. On the positive, the procedure itself was really quick and easy. My loop was a nightmare and I found the adjustment to the pouch to be much easier than dealing with the loop. Once things leveled out, the pouch has been a lifesaver for me. I still go more than I'd like to, but my case was so severe and life altering that I wasn't left with any other option besides being dependent, unable to work, and homebound, so I am very thankful for my pouch even though it's not perfect. It gave me my life back.

I forgot to mention the butt burn after surgery... That can be bad too. Still to this day I avoid high spice level. I used to be pretty risky when it came to spice, but uc put an end to that, and now with the pouch I don't go over medium. Worse than hot butt, is sore butt from over wiping. Get the handheld bidet bottle, but use it carefully because too much moisture can cause fungal issues.
Posted 1/5/2022 6:59 PM (GMT -8)

countess18 said...
Hi
Asking for a friend who has completed 2/3 surgeries . She has high output with loop ileo and is really dreading the third surgery and j pouch training. This current ostomy sounds like a nightmare .. raw and irritated around stoma and high output . How bad is it after j pouch?

The loop is tough at first but as her body adjusts to it then it gets much easier. My loop was brutal, I was probably in the hospital for almost a month with it. I had super high output so I couldn’t go home, they gave me all sorts of meds to slow my transit time down. Finally they gave me tincture of opium and it helped.

I went home for about a week and ended up back in the hospital for 7 days due to a kink/blockage.

I think I had my loop for 14-16 weeks and at the end it started to behave more like my first ostomy.
Posted 1/5/2022 7:40 PM (GMT -8)
Everything went fine with mine. Rarely any issues after each surgery. Output wasn't tough to deal with
Posted 1/7/2022 12:44 PM (GMT -8)
Thank you all so much
✚ New Topic ✚ Reply