I am 15 and doctor said I (probably) have ulcerative colitis

beave if you don't have anything useful to say then I don't need your two cents.

IamCurious, where did you get this source? The medical journal I read said 30% of kids with Crohn's have growth issues and only 10% with ulcerative colitis do. Which would make sense seeing as Crohn's usually affects the Ileum, by that time nutrients have been absorbed anyway. I'm not trying to say you are wrong, it could be me that's wrong, but why are all these trusted sources saying different things and which one do I believe?

But anyway, if my transit time has increased due to UC, then won't that mean if I take supplements I won't be able to absorb them?

I had something useful to say. I said it, in my initial post in this thread. You conveniently ignored it, so I will ask again:

Where do you live? What country puts a teenager with bloody diarrhea on a waiting list for months before doing a colonoscopy?

Have you had a sigmoidoscopy?

What blood test leads you to conclude you have UC if you have not had the proper tests that are needed to diagnose UC?

You haven't established you even have UC. You don't seem to understand certain basics of medicine, but yet you want to argue with experienced posters here when they provide information to you.

On second thought, maybe you are a real 15 year old - just enough knowledge to look like a fool.

''On second thought, maybe you are a real 15 year old - just enough knowledge to look like a fool.''
So first you think a 15 year old can't possibly have these deep opinions about the pharmaceutical industry, and now am I fool? Stop throwing a hissy fit, as the Americans say. I am from England, we have free healthcare from the NHS but the NHS often has long waiting lists for non emergency procedures.

And having a disease does not automatically make you experienced in it.

ambling, really? But the colon's job is to absorb the water and salt, so even if the ileum was inflamed, wouldn't the colon absorb the salt and water too? Unless the said patient with crohn's also has crohn's colitis affecting the colon, but that's a different story. I'm talking about if it affects the ileum only.

The bile salts that flow into the colon, not being reabsorbed by the ileum, cause rapid peristalsis. That doesn't give the colon a chance to reabsorb water.

And also I asked this but I don't think anyone saw my post. If you have a colectomy, do your insides feel different? Does it feel different when passing a BM?

As I mentioned, it is the inflammatory process ( the ongoing war in the guts) that drains so much energy. That is what contributes greatly to the growth issues.

There are no nerves that sense feeling in that way, inside the belly. Nerves around the intestines sense when the gut expands. People who get resections, or even colectomies, don't really 'feel' any different inside.

Ok well then i can feel my intestine expand sometimes I guess. Sounds weird but I wouldn't want to not feel that. And does inflammation really drain that much energy?

Well then seeing as our immune systems are so determined to attack our gut flora, it would be safe to assume we are generally resistant to infections compared to the rest of the population. By the way is it possible I don't have UC? My uncle once got food poisoning from eating something bad, and he had diarrhea for 6 months after. Could it be something like that?

It could be many things.... hopefully infection rather than IBD.

Unfortunately, most treatments are aimed at suppressing the immune response in order to spare us the damage that is being done. That doesn't help with infections, but generally doesn't cause a greater rate of common colds or food poisoning.
Hope they find what is giving you your problems. I think you will manage fine no matter what the situation.

Also because here the waiting list is so long, my mother is thinking of taking me to Spain for a colonoscopy. Is this a good idea? But it might be confusing for the NHS because it will be recorded on a different medical record.

Hard to say what you have, until you get a colonoscopy and the biopsies are examined.
No idea about going to Spain. See if you can push for an earlier date at home.it is tough having to wait, but try and stay calm.
Good luck.

It's all pointless speculation until you have a dx, so get the colonoscopy done ASAP. If you somehow manage to enlist and do have UC you'll just wind up with a medical discharge, so where the records are isn't really an issue.

I have a son your age. You remind me a lot of him.