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Posted 11/15/2011 3:47 AM (GMT 0)

Blood gone, except a bit from my hemorrids. No D for a long time, but stools are thin. Go 2 times a day sometimes 1. Morning urgency is the worst. After I get that out of the way, the rest of the day is normal.  But..I still take lomotil when I leave the house because when I do have to go it's a NOW thing, same as always.

Anyone else down to just urgency?(which is the worst in my opinion as it hampers leaving the house).

Posted 11/15/2011 8:45 AM (GMT 0)
Hi...urgency could be considered one of the last symptoms for me. Can you increase the suppositories to a full one?
Try them up to 3x daily.

Maybe adding a steroid suppository can be helpful.

Are you using any fish oil? if yes, that might be making things a bit too "slippery.

What about fibre supplements? that might help bulk things up...unless your stools are already quite formed.

q
Posted 11/15/2011 11:44 AM (GMT 0)
This was the way it went for me on my original flare. I'd get up "empty out" and all would be good for the rest of the day. It was at the end of that flare.
Might be a good sign.
Posted 11/15/2011 7:56 PM (GMT 0)
I'm kind of in the same boat. I've been flaring again over a month now. When it first started I was going 4-6 x a day w/minimal blood/broken stool/urgency and going from about 8am-3pm. Past couple weeks it's been 1-3 x a day/less blood/urgency going from 8am-11am. In the last week I've upped my canasa/rectal enemas/cortisone enemas and it seems like it's helping quite a bit. Been doing 2 a day switching them up at different times. Today though I started off with broken but formed stool, quite a lot actually, no blood but urgency. Then went again an hour later an had the same type of stool but minimal blood after no blood for a few days and less urgency. This flare is very stubborn. I'm very thankful it's been pretty mild but I just want it to get under control already :(
Posted 11/15/2011 9:32 PM (GMT 0)
that's exactly where I am now YAY I am so GLAD to be rid of the bleeding.

I was going to start my fitness program again on Monday but I got halfway to the studio and then had to race home to take care of morning urgency. Today I just ran, not as part of the group but on my own, just to show my body what I expect of it when I leave the building. I hope everything cooperates tomorrow.

Now I'm starting to taper the prednisone. Stools are still quite thin which I always interpret as meaning I've still got inflammation, but at least no open, bleeding wounds.
Posted 11/15/2011 10:07 PM (GMT 0)
I am going thru similar these days.. but I have also been "testing the waters" so to speak on dropping my dosages of my meds and supplements to find the right dosages. I also am starting to think that the "dumping" urgency ( the AM poo) is kind of a norm for some UCers... I think that even in remission your body still thinks it has to dump anything that gets into your colon and thus the need to go so bad in the mornings... your body has all night to digest all you have put in it during the day so your colon and intestines are full by morning. That is just my opinion of course.
Posted 11/15/2011 11:15 PM (GMT 0)
Yep, I am good but when I have to go look out. lol
Posted 11/15/2011 11:36 PM (GMT 0)
I'm in remission but in the morning especially if I have to go I have to go...NOW!
Posted 11/16/2011 1:16 AM (GMT 0)
i have the same problem. multiple skinny stools that are mostly formed. always have to go in the morning. urgency when i have to go at night. most of the time going twice a day. no blood in a long time. i hope this is the last of the symptoms because ive never been in full remission. maybe its a healing process? i would like to think so.
Posted 11/16/2011 5:29 AM (GMT 0)
yes! completely blood free for months, generally have nice, thick fully formed stools. but i have TERRIBLE urgency twice a day. some things trigger it (starbucks chai tea lattes) but regardless of what i eat, it happens. time of day varies, too. i'm still doing rectal meds so not sure how i'll ever get back to fully normal. maybe this is my new normal.
Posted 11/16/2011 11:44 AM (GMT 0)
Skinny small formed pieces too, intermixed with blood and cloudy liquid but I still have frequency
Posted 11/16/2011 5:25 PM (GMT 0)
oh man, this is really irritating me now. I've been trying to get to my morning workout this week because for all intents and purposes, my flare is subsiding. Monday, I got about four or five blocks from home and had to turn around because of urgency. So I thought, okay, my body doesn't realize we're on a new schedule now. So yesterday I just had a little run, just about 1.5 miles, on my own, to kind of acclimate my guts to the morning workout. Everything was fine. So then today I leave for the workout and have to turn around almost immediately. I think it's adrenaline, because I'm a little nervous about going back full bore, and there's nothing like adrenaline to activate the guts. Grrrrrrrr.
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