If left untreated..?

just a quick question. i cant get in to see my GI atm.
I only have mild proctitis. The only symptom i have is mild bleeding occassionally when i have a BM. not every time. I get manageable abdominal pain rarely after a junk food binge lol

just wondering what will happen if i continue to not treat my uc with meds? i have tried meds but my gi said i could get off them last time coz i was managing ALL symptoms with a super strict diet, which has since lapsed. -onlly due to laziness.

would like to know if the disease itselff progresses over time or if it's just the symptoms if leff unmanaged? or if nothing will change??

any comments/ experiences appreciated.

thanks, do you think i could control it with diet alone?

The SCD diet (Breaking the Vicious Cycle) works for lots of people. And the more I learn about the food industry and the more I understand about how our bodies process that food, the more sense this diet makes.

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just a quick question. i cant get in to see my GI atm.
I only have mild proctitis. The only symptom i have is mild bleeding occassionally when i have a BM. not every time. I get manageable abdominal pain rarely after a junk food binge lol

When was your last colonoscopy? What did that report say?

Symptoms are not the only thing to be concerned about. Some people with mild symptoms may have a lot of inflammation.

As long as you have regular colonoscopies and a GI that agrees with your no-med maintenance plan you are fine. You just need to be watchful for dyplasia and colon cancer and making sure your low symptom world stays that way.

For your rare bleeding keep mesalamine enemas in stock at use them until bleeding goes away. That is the best remedy for bleeding. (My bleeding is usually related to too much fiber in food).

Post Edited (imagardener2) : 11/9/2014 9:51:48 AM (GMT-7)

"For your rare bleeding keep mesalamine enemas in stock at use them until bleeding goes away. That is the best remedy for bleeding."

yup, nothing wrong with poking stuff up your butt - butt trying to figure out what is causing the bleeding in the first place should be administered right along with it -

I think the odds are low that you can manage uc without medications. I wouldn't risk it.

You might be able to control the symptoms somewhat with diet and naturals, I did a little for 24 years but the damage was still being done, so I ended up with a rectovaginal fistula due to my crohn's colitis likely going untreated for over 2 decades other than the odd RX of prednisone until it stopped working which happened fairly quickly, and rectal meds when I could tell I needed them...so keep in mind too that it's individual as well, maybe I was "lucky" using that term loosely, but I have also not lived a very full life for the last 24 yrs either, but I didn't have a lot of choices cuz I was either allergic or non-responsive to traditional oral RX.

It wasn't until I went on Humira in Feb. of this year due to the fistula, the Humira did heal up my inflammation in my colon and rectum (due to crohn's affecting those particular areas) and the fistula seems to be healing/healed as well, but I do have some scaring on my rectum likely a result of such long term (24 yrs) of flaring and not having much for meds to take.

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I should have also added to my post, that it was about 10 yrs ago that my GI also believed that I likely developed IBS due to being sick and untreated for so long, and now that my inflammation is healed up (and only a bit of scaring in the rectum) my IBS D/C is now affecting me with plenty of trips to the bathroom daily and lately more often than not too, so there's another reason not to go unmedicated if you can help it because many IBDers do also end up with IBS issues as well.

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thanks for all your advice guys.
calling to make a booking to see my GI soon!!

I treated my "Mild" Proctosigmoiditis for 12 years holistically, along with a holistic MD...and 4 years ago ended up in the hospital near dead because it progressed so fast I dident know how to deal with it, and let it progress to far, thinking it would turn around...I just thought it would pass as it always has...When I got to the hospital, I was so far gone (170 lbs to 122) they couldn't even do surgery on me...So, I would be be extremely careful how you go about looking at both symptoms and treatment to this disease. We are all different in terms of how the illness works in each of our bodies, but this disease is very serious if you allow yourself to be fooled, that it isn't...I always told myself it was just mild, and I was diagnosed as, it being mild, until it wasn't...Thats just my experience with it, and Im not trying to say it will be yours, but be very aware of the potentials here, and as someone who played it down for many years (me) I can tell you, I made a huge mistake...Very best of luck to you, and maybe you will have a better outcome then myself, with this, I certainly hope so...