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Posted 11/2/2009 10:26 PM (GMT 0)
Ok guys and girls I know this is a strange thing to ask but I figure there are lots of people out there that are in the same boat as me, and would like to know.

I was dia. with UP at the end of Aug this year.  I have been taking asacol and waiting for the GI appointment coming next week.

My stool, usually narrow, and rope like with a light tan colour, but pretty solid and formed.    Far from the normal bowel movements I am use to before the dia.

Am I a normal UP case or do you all have normal formed bowel movements?  What about colour?

Thanks

Posted 11/2/2009 11:39 PM (GMT 0)
     I have UP and consider yourself lucky Monkey.  I have urgency all the time, so I wear a Kotex pad and have three port a pots at different locations in my house.  I bleed with every bowel movement.  The movements are dark but I take iron supplements which can turn them dark.  I also see mucus in the stool.  The stools are soft, long and thin.  Can't wait until after my colonoscopy on the 17th. 
Posted 11/3/2009 4:55 AM (GMT 0)
Google the bristol stool chart, and as long as there is no D and blood you're about 80% there. Be well
Posted 11/3/2009 5:21 AM (GMT 0)
What if there is blood? My GI is only worried about red stools. But there's blood and it can't be all from hemmies...

There can be no blood in the toilet to be in remission?

ellen
Posted 11/3/2009 5:26 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks the Stool chart was helpful.. have something to talk to the GI with
Posted 11/3/2009 6:40 AM (GMT 0)
Blood can absolutely come from hemmies but its when its blood and D come together that warrant attention. Go for a c-reactive protien blood test to check for inflammation, just beware that they have a false negative rate albeit a small one. Good luck
Posted 11/3/2009 10:34 AM (GMT 0)
     My C reactive protein test always comes out negative even when I am in my worse flares.  The doctor doesn't put much faith in that test but always orders one along with all the other tests he orders.  Good thing my insurance pays for everything.
Posted 11/3/2009 6:10 PM (GMT 0)
My cat scan also came back normal in the midst of a terrible flair. Have they done any stool testing to check for elevated leukocytes?
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