Rowasa - Makes things more watery?

sara...the Rowasa liquid is never fully absorbed. It may be absorbed into the stool when it's in the sigmoid, but not into the colon.

If it's only rowasa in the rectum, that's what will come out first.

q

Plop, plop, yes, yes..oh what a relief it is!!!

WooHoo!!!

q

Update - I have been having stools that are darn close to being normal. As I've said above I've seen almost nothing but flat, spaghetti, mushy nastiness for over 2 years. My doctor had mentioned that because of potential scaring in my rectum I may never have normal shaped stools again. BUT...that appears to be untrue. Because I've seen normal cylinder shaped stools coming out over the past couple days! It's weird though...I'll have some loose skinny nasty stools come out at first....then these semi normal ones shoot out...then more skinny ones. But seeing ANYTHING even close to normal feels so awesome....

Not even 3 weeks total on the Rowasa and I'm seeing more improvement then I've seen in years of just using Lialda and Canasa. And for some reason these sulfite free ones are much easier to hold in. With the normal Rowasa there is usually a 5 minute terrible urgency feeling after I would first squirt it in. Not so with these sulfite free ones!

I second that Great!!!! Have to see how much the Rowasa sulfite free would be with my insurance..

So happy to hear you've seen some major improvement. Hope things continue to improve and your on your way to remission. :)

Just a little update/question. Things are still looking pretty good! Nothing worse or better then when I've reported so far. Into my 3rd week now on the SfRowasa.

I have seen TINY little spots of blood spaced out a few inches apart several times in the past few weeks. Well twice to be exact....Every time it's after I've passed most of the stool. Always on the last few pieces that come out. And it's always on top of the stool (I've gone outdoors and was able to mash it to make sure its' not inside the poo). Very small amounts. If I were to glance I wouldn't even notice. I also saw a small amount of clear mucus.

For the past 2 years I have seen virtually no blood. Small amounts like this here and there. And small amount of mucus here and there. It seems like whenever I have a semi-formed stool is when it happens. If it were just blood I'd think maybe it's just internal hemmis (which i do have). But the little bit of mucus makes me think that its possibly the UC....

I'm a bit of pessimist :) So of course I get bummed out every time this happens and assume I'm going to get worse again..I worry until the next time I poo...if I see no signs of blood (As small as they are) I feel confident again that I'm getting better.....so yea....thoughts?

fruitgirl said...
Remember that everyone produces mucus and that people who don't have UC likely don't inspect their poop.

Good point!

So, things have continued pretty much the same as my posts above. And then this morning I definitely passed 2 solid stools! Yippie! Haha, they came at the end of a lot of mush/semi-formed stools. The only thing that concerns me is that when I wiped there were 2 tiny mucus balls. It seems like whenever I have this solid stools (to refresh...I've had random solid stools over the past couple years) there is always some small mucus either on the stool or on the paper.

Then again maybe the mucus is always there with the softer/mushy stools but I just can't see it because the stool breaks up when it hits the water (for the most part).

One thing I find interesting (in a positive way) is that these solid stools come with almost no urgency. My god I actually feel like I did before colitis when I pass them! Ok maybe that's a bit of stretch....haha.

Thanks for the positive vibes :)

I actually ordered some pysillum seed powder (per the advice you gave in another thread). I haven't it yet. Maybe this weekend (in case it screws me up I like to experiment on the weekends).

I WISH I could eat corn chips and salsa :( I would go through half a bag on my own. Hell....prior to colitis I at popcorn 3-5 nights a week (whole bag to myself). Man I miss that...haha.

I'll report back in a week or so!

Been a while since I last updated. In short things have sort of leveled out I'd say. No real huge improvements from where I was at a month ago. Still using the sfRowasa every night. I also started eating this bread - http://www.julianbakery.com/bread-product/paleo-bread-almond/

It's made with Almond flour, Pysillum and a few other ingredients. It's helped get my stools almost back to what I would call normal. I've gone off and on eating it for the past month and every time I stop my stools are no where near as formed. The bread is DISGUSTING...I mean...REALLY bad. But what I see in the toilet every morning makes it worth it.

I started taking the powder form of VSL#3 last Friday night. One packet morning. One packet at night. I had to stop (didn't take it yesterday at all). The cramping is really bad. What's interesting is that I have less gas though. Like...none really. I'm still feeling some cramping today. Hoping it subsides. Then I plan to try taking it again. This time I'll go slow. Maybe 1 packet per day total.