Posted 1/5/2009 12:37 AM (GMT 0)
Hey guys...sorry to have been out of the loop so long. LOTS of personal stuff going on (mom has lung cancer, dad crashed the car, in-laws getting divorced...the list of fun goes on and on).
I was originally diagnosed with pancolitis 2.5 years ago. Since this past summer, I have only been having "issues" with the tail end of things. Since summer, I have been on 2 2week sessions of prednisone which seems to take care of things in a jiffy. Well, it started up again. A little blood (probably from hemms), nicely formed (but skinny) poops...but LOTS of tenesmus. I just started the cortifoam at night again and it seems I can hold that in ok. But when I try the canasa in the am, I just blow it right out. I am on 3 asacols, 3 times per day.
I'm not even 1/10 as bad as I was when I was diagnosed (I had severe pain and diarhea). The only bad part right now is the tenesmus, which drives me crazy! I can tell that it is really irritated when I put in the canasa or cortifoam. Again, I can hold the cortifoam in (at night) but the canasa irritates things so bad, I just blow it out.
Do you guys have any advise?
I can't get in to see the GI until March 13th. I'm pretty sure I can make it until then, but I am wondering if I should be asking questions like if I should be taking Azitrhropine instead. I'm wondering what other sorts of questions I should be asking.