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Bowel or fecal incontinence and how to manage it

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Oh my goodness- that sounds very difficult - I’m not familiar with what a “jpouch” is but it sounds difficult - for whatever reason, I’ve never had night time incontinence 🤷‍♀️
I’d love to hear more about your journey! Good luck at Mayo

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I was initially diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, I had my large colon removed in 1996 and they formed a j-pouch out of me small intestine and reattached the pouch to my rectum so I do not have any type of ostomy bag, my j-pouch is my storage for stool. I have not had any issues really until Nov 2023, so really kind of stumped why it started so randomly and has lasted this long. I have not had a pouch scope for about 3 years, no change in meds, I just don't wake up in time to get to the bathroom, also have no pain, but alot of gas, which I think contributes to the leakage.