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

I agree but that's my point. Even if you outright said that UC wouldn't cause me problems, I would still look for more ways to worry about it, because that's what anxiety is. about the growth, I still have a lot of growing to do as men can grow all through their teen years and into their 20s. If my growth was finished I wouldn't be worrying but it isn't which is why I am worrying. I don't know if I'll have a growth spurt but I am nearly 5 foot 9 and a few months away from 16. I was hoping to get into a least 6 feet. As for the John Thomas I'm not comfortable going into that much detail however I would have expected it to grow the same amount the next 3 years as it did the last 3 years. And that is without UC. With UC, these potentials may be affected and that is what I am anxious about.

I hadn't pooped 20 times a day but sometimes 6-8 times with some decent amount of blood. Could that have affected nutrition/growth? And also it built up from diarrhea then blood then it got worse, then i started having 1 week symptom free next week symptoms. Till I went on probiotics and 95% problem free now.

I disagree with the order in which to try treatment. I would suggest anyone with UC to first try natural probiotic treatments and see how it goes, if it doesn't work out then yeah switch to meds but that should be a last resort.

PS I asked this earlier but my question was misunderstood that: If my body was delayed in growth then I went in remission, would I grow faster to catch up and thus achieve the normal stature I would have been without UC? Someone told me no because my growth plate would close but that is not what I meant. What I meant was would I catch up to normal non UC height before my growth plate closed.

I'd suggest you ask these questions to a doctor. We're spending time answering your questions and then you rephrase the question and ask it again.

I'm done with answers within this thread, i wish you luck Jack.

I only read through page 3 of this and couldn't read much further.

Jack you seem like a know it all jackwagon that doesn't listen to anything anyone has to say anyway, so why ask a question?

I'll go ahead and try to answer some of them for you anyway.

Yes, it can hinder your growth.

Seeing blood, means your nowhere close to remission unless it's a hemmy or something alike.

Yes, if a serious flare hits you will lose your muscle mass. FAST. I weighed 165 lbs at 5'11" and squatted 285lbs for 3 sets of 10 reps and after a flare landed me in the hospital for 4 days, and 3 weeks of severe anemia (hemoglobin of 7-8.5) I was only able to squat 135 at 3 sets of 6-8. I weighed 140 lbs at that point.

Yes, the disease can hit and FAST. I was diagnosed at 24 years in Jan 2014. Went on prednisone and Lialda + enemas and got back to normal by April. In may, I was back in a full blown flare prednisone wouldn't control. I went to Imuran, Remicade, Entyvio and at the age of 25 on 9/13/2016 I had my colon remove for a jpouch procedure because nothing helped, I was severly anemic, couldn't do much, constant pain, etc.

The Navy would perform a medical on you anyway, and if any inflammation markers or anything showed up they'd further investigate so if you were in a flare etc. it wouldn't matter what your previous records show.

Probiotics sound great. Just probiotics help a very low amount of users at least on this forum.

You talk like you know a whole lot about the surgery required if it ever came to that, but you haven't even met with a surgeon let alone been diagnosed so I doubt you really know what it would be like, and you won't until you'd be in that boat.

All the best luck to you. P.S with the attitude you have, especially in the military, you'd get absolutely rocked.

jack3210111 said...
Ok thanks also the british military don't do blood or stool tests as part of the medical so that wouldn't be a problem. I see you lost all that muscle but did you gain it back? I looked it up and apparently when you lose muscle you can gain it back quickly due to muscle memory. people on bodybuilding forums said they lost a lot of muscle in a few weeks and then gained it back in a few weeks.

It's not that simple. Can't just read up on it and be certain, it's all body dependent. For me, no. I came out of the hospital tried working out again got some back but because I stayed anemic and was exhausted all the time, plus all the bathroom trips, there was no way of gaining back what I lost. I got back to about 155lbs before surgery and 155lbs squats at 3x10. It took me 4 weeks just to get back into the gym, I started slow with pushups and pullups at home as well as non weighted squats.

I'm 7 weeks out of surgery 1/2 for my jpouch and starting push ups and pull ups etc again. It'll be a long slow process but without being in remission you won't gain back all that muscle and getting to remission can take weeks, months, years.

In terms of British military not testing, when you can't perform at a certain level but you look fine they'll eventually run tests on you, guaranteed.

Richard in NY said...

iPoop said...
I'd suggest you ask these questions to a doctor. We're spending time answering your questions and then you rephrase the question and ask it again.

I'm done with answers within this thread, i wish you luck Jack.

Another online forum I frequent (not UC related) has a tradition that on Wednesday we tell people exactly what they want to hear. If someone doesn't like what they're told by the group, they are asked to return on Wednesday, when they will get the answers they want.

So in that spirit I will now tell Jack that
- the military won't care a bit about his UC
- he will keep growing like a beanstalk, to the point where NBA recruiters will be flying to the UK, and
- it's all probably nothing

LOVE IT!!!!!!!

jack3210111 said...
Bull101 how long did it take you to gain it all back?

I never did, tried for a year, didn't happen. I had surgery. Hopefully after that at some point I can gain it back once I fully recover. Point being, you may never gain it all back.

jack3210111 said...
How come? Surely if you just eat more than a non UC person to make up for it will work. Or try using more nutrient packed food but eat less. I watched a video about a bodybuilder with UC

Alright man. You know everything so you got it. Don't ask for personal experiences if you "read about it" or "watched a video on it". Every persons experience is so much different. Just why some people need surgery and others don't. Some people on here say they never got back to their original energy levels no matter what even in remission they took it easier. That being said, if your energy levels are lower, your workouts will be worse, your muscle gain will be worse.

Also do you want to be a body builder? or be in the military? Those 2 don't mix. Get your crap together kid.

But go ahead and read about it, watch some videos, and stop ****ing asking questions.

This thread has been LOCKED.