Increased urgency with enemas?

Urgency eventually lessens, try not to worry about that as of yet.

Looking forward to hearing how your scope goes next week.

Are you also on an oral 5ASA?

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Good to hear. She has prescribed me a month's worth so I still have a ways to go. Once I am in remission I am considering staying on the enemas maybe twice a week for maintenance. Anything to avoid going into another flare.

I guess I should have the scope, last time I had one was last August. I'll see how I feel on Monday, but I would really love to know what's going on with my body at the moment. I really want to know if anything has changed over the last year.

Yes, I'm taking 4 tablets a day at the moment. I think I will keep taking that much until I'm done with my month's supply of enemas, then decrease to 3. I will never, ever attempt to go down to 2 again though.

That's true, it may be a bit risky. Maybe I'll make an appointment with my GI for when I'm finished with my enemas, let her know how I'm doing and see what she recommends as far as decreasing meds at that time.

To be honest, I don't remember what my condition was, I will have to dig up that info when I get home. All I remember is that my entire colon was not affected as of August 2012.

How do you know if you are doing the enema correctly? Tonight was my third night trying it.

I am able to retain my enema throughout the night, but I feel like inserting the enema is very painful. It seems like there is a plastic seam on the applicator that I can't see with my eye but boy can I feel it.

Okay I think the enema is causing me to go more often now. For the first time in about two weeks I woke up in the middle of the night with urgency to go to the bathroom, though it seems like it was just the enema that was excreted. Now I went to the bathroom for the second time today. I usually go twice but not until the afternoon, between 2-4pm. I went today at 12 for the second time, first time when I woke up at 8pm. This seems strange to me, my diet is the exact same still, nothing has changed except the enema. There's no blood, stool seems formed but soft but there is only small pieces or thin ribbon like.

I'm probably just being paranoid but yikes it I'm worried that its getting worse. :(

I've found that the urgency (in the absence of inflammation) is due to the liquid in your colon. Give it 1 - 2 hours and your colon will absorb the liquid, leaving just the medicine. After that, there is no more urgency.

You are being a bit paranoid...and although understandable, just tough it out, and let the meds do their work. All the suggestions/advice/feedback hold true.

I remember my husband saying to me during the first few months after I started meds "why do you seem to be getting worse than better??". I responded that I'm not actually, just having some different symptoms.

All my doc said was "be patient"....

My question now is...how much Omega are you taking and when?

Are you taking any probiotics? q

I am becoming so frustrated though because already my parents are trying to pressure me to get back down onto three pills. There is no way I want to do that until I have no more symptoms!! It's way too soon!