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Anyone prescribed antibiotics for pouchitis?

Ostomy & J-Pouch | Last Active: May 26 4:53pm | Replies (22)

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@susanf8 I do have a GI, she is a new one, she is the 3rd one in 4 years. I met with her on a Zoom and met with her in an office visit which didn't really last very long. She put me on vancomycin, 125 mg capsules, 1 capsule twice/day. I was having leakage during the night for a couple years. Since I have been on the vancomycin, I am having leakage, cramping and seem unable to empty my jpouch. I am having cramps in my gut and in my rectal area day & night. I'm not sure if it is antibiotic related, but it sure seems like it. I did not have symptoms like this when I was on a cipro/flagyl rotation but then still had some leakage during the night but was able to control mostly during the daytime. I am seriously considering an ileostomy, I am 65, and am feeling housebound as I can't plan anything currently, I just want to get back some type of control over my body. I am about 4 hours one way from Mayo, so I have not been in touch with my GI yet about these current issues. I believe that I do have a current order to see a colorectal surgeon, but have not met with them at all yet. I had my jpouch done at Mayo in 1996.

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@janspons boy, does that sound familiar.

When I had my j-pouch removed I was suddenly not sick. Not that I felt great, I had just had surgery, after all. In my case they also did an oophorectomy and hysterectomy, so it was a lot.

My GI never brought up excising the pouch, but for years we had been trying to get the pouchitis under control, and he kept testing to see if it was CD; it was never conclusive. We had nothing else to try. He was supportive when I said I was ready to have an ileostomy.

I am 64, now, and able to be as active (or as lazy) as I want. The only thing waking me up at night is our cat (not too often).

Whatever you decide to do, Connect (and me) is here to support you.