Yesterday had to run some tests on my J-Pouch to see if everything was healed up properly. This way, I can move onto the third and hopefully final stage of the j-pouch.
I had my Pouch O' Gram at 9:00 AM which was good, because I couldn't eat or drink anything after midnight the night before. So the Pouch O Gram involves inserting a small tube into the stoma and injecting die (iodine) into the j-pouch and then taking an e-ray. By doing this, they can see if the j-pouch is water tight. It felt more uncomfortable than I imagined it would, but it wasn't unbearable. I brought extra ostomy supplies with me, because they had to remove the bag to run this test.
The Flex Scope was shortly after. This test involved inserting a small camera rectally to see the inside of the j-pouch. My j-pouch was really inflamed. Which I am worried about, I've been having some bleeding for awhile now. When I notified my surgeon about this she thought the pouch was just healing or that I was having a UC flare (I guess they leave a small part of the colon so they can reconnect everything, and that part can still become inflamed.) Turns out I have a case of pouchitis. There really isn't a known cause of pouchitis. I am on antibiotics to try to clear it up. So we will see how all that goes. Anyways another thing they do in the flex scope, is blow air in the j-pouch to make sure it is air tight. I passed this portion of the test as well.
So my surgery is tentatively schedule to happen in a couple of weeks depending on my pouchitis clearing up. Keeping my figures crossed. Although I am so nervous for the 3rd portion, that I am okay putting it off for a bit.
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