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This might be a bit weird. But every now and then I get an itchy bum. If I itch it through my boxer shorts, it smells (yes I will smell it) the same as it used to before my operation.
Which is weird because there's been no poo there for 10 years

I've noticed the same thing (though I won't admit to purposefully smelling it ). What I found was that the smell typical for your bottom is not just from feces. You have an enclosed space with little air circulation, hair, rubbing of skin, sweat/moisture, etc.... A properly cleaned bum should smell much like an armpit so maybe that tells you that you were doing a good job of cleaning it as the smell is now similar as before your operation.

When I went to my surgery follow up after my proctocolectomy they told me I had like an indented tight area where I was sewn up in my bum. I was told to clean well in that area and to buy a hand held shower head so that I could get it cleaned and rinsed good. Every now and then when I’m in a hurry I don’t always place enough time to do that. It will burn and itch like yours. I wonder if that might be the issue for you as well.