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Posted 8/26/2012 11:48 AM (GMT 0)
I was diagnosed with ulcerative proctitis over a year ago and have been on asacol 400 mg. 2 tabs 3 times a day and felt fine until recently I have noticed that then I go bm in the morning I have a small amount of blood on the toilet paper.  If I go again, there is no blood and was wondering if any of you would be concerned with this or am I reading too much into it.

 

Posted 8/26/2012 12:26 PM (GMT 0)
Any blood is concerning when you have UC unless you also have a hemmie or fissure then the blood could be from that.
Posted 8/26/2012 5:26 PM (GMT 0)
yes, if it's on the toilet paper, could be a fissure or hemmie.

What meds are you on ceecee?
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Posted 8/26/2012 7:41 PM (GMT 0)
I think it depends on the person. I've seen a little blood on occasion and I try not to let it worry me. I notce the more I let it bother me, the more things progress. I also have a fissure that causes bleeding often. You can usually tell when it's UC and when it's a hemmie or something else. Are there any other symptoms?
Posted 8/26/2012 7:41 PM (GMT 0)
Have you tried hydrocortisone enemas? I had a similar experience and that's what my GI suggested. Tough to know if it was the enemas that helped but they didn't seem to hurt.
Posted 8/26/2012 7:54 PM (GMT 0)
My doctor prescribed cortifoam which I just started using.  I am currently on 400 mgs. asacol 2 pills 3 times a day.   The doctor wanted to prescribe the enemas but I told him that I am not a good sleeper and I think that that would further make my sleeping worse, as I would have to hold the enema in.

Is the enema as bad as I think it is?

 

Posted 8/26/2012 8:06 PM (GMT 0)
It's really not bad at all for me. A little weird figuring out how best to "maneuver" (for lack of a better word) at first but it gets easier. I'm a pretty heavy sleeper so I use it right before going asleep. I'm not sure that it would work as well if I wasn't able to sleep through it though.
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