Tough night

I have been feeling okay since getting sick last night. I slept over 13 hours so I just hope my body is healing. I’ve only had crackers today. No stomach pain and no diharrea. Fingers crossed I’m over the worst of it!

I just went to the j-pouch.org website and have a username pending. Thanks for the suggestion. I have so many more questions about the pouch that I haven’t asked yet. Loooing forward to getting answers. Going to a support group next Tuesday.

Never heard of delayed ileus- something I’ll look into. One thing I was surprised to hear is that I no longer have an appendix. I guess they take it out with the colon. Interesting. Wonder about the ileus thing tho.

Sounds like Pouchitis to me . You need some Flagyl . Google it .

07kr5 said...
Is nausea and throwing up one of the symptoms of pouchitis? I thought it was just going more with urgency.

That's what I thought too. I just looked here: /my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/pouchitis

Symptoms of pouchitis include the following:

• greater need to pass stools
  
• tenesmus (painful spasms and straining of the anal sphincter while passing little or no waste matter)
  
• straining during defecation
  
• blood in the stool
  
• incontinence (loss of control over bodily functions)
  
• seepage of waste matter while asleep
  
• increased frequency in nighttime bowel movements
  
• abdominal cramps
  
• discomfort in the pelvic area or lower abdomen
  
• tail bone pain

In severe cases, symptoms may also include:

• fever
  
• dehydration (extreme thirst), dry skin, dry lips, confusion (in severe cases) caused by the loss of
• electrolytes and water
  
• malnutrition that sends the patient to the emergency room or hospital
  
• iron-deficiency anemia and/or a low vitamin D level
  
• severe joint pain
  
• fatigue

I have a permanent ileosotmy. I am a Park Ranger so dehydration is the enemy. Don't drink powerades or Gatorade because they have sugar which keeps your body from absorbing fluid, goes into bag instead (or throw up depending on what's happening with heat and all). You can use a rehydration solution like pedialyte, but its gross and expensive. On Amazon I found Squincher Zero powder packs which you mix with your water. MUCH cheaper and come in about 6 flavors (my favorites are orange and raspberry). I drink it constantly, keeps blood pressure up and hydrated so I don't have to do the puking passing out thing.\

Squinchers aren't just for ostomates all sorts of out door workers use them. We had bags of them on our incident crews after Hurricane Irma