Lots of Blood and very little stool

Well, be diligent about taking the meds, and good luck! Perhaps as your doctor about a suppository, too. Maybe you could use it in the morning and the enema at night? Also, are you taking a probiotic supplement? They seem to help many of us.

I have had similar issues in the past. I think seeing the blood had a greater psychological impact on me than physical. I find that the Canasa suppositories helped a lot, along with the Balsalazide (Colazal). The last sig scope I had found that the rectum was the predominant location of inflammation.

Also, I found that rowasa did NOT help me at all - seemed to make me worse. I don't know if I can't handle 4g of mesalamine or what, but it really seems to make me worse so I stick with canasa.

I started Remicade (had two infusions so far) and the bleeding has stopped but I find the Canasa really helps with the tenesmus.

i am in no pain and i dont have a fever...just a decent amount of blood and mucus everytime i go...i know its bad but i dont have a consistent diet...i work in the entertainment buisness and sometimes i am in a office and sometimes i running around all day and night running events...my dr seems to think that diet has little or no effect...

Hi - it sounds like you and I are having the same thing at present! I have been flaring like this for the past 2 months or so. I go to the toilet two or three times in the morning, where it is mainly just gas, a lot of liquid and blood. I am on prednisone (30mgs), as well as an increased dose of azathiaprine (was on 75mgs, now moved up to 150mg). My stool has begun to firm up a bit, but it is pretty painful on its way out now! I believe the inflammation is essentially at the bottom of the colon and is pretty hard to get under control (steroids for once don't seem to be working their magic!).

So my doctor has now just put me on Mezavant (2.4mgs a day I think) as well as Pentasa enemas (1 nightly for 14 days). This should hopefully target the left hand side of the bowel more effectively. Mezavant I think is the same as Lialda for people in the US (I am currently living in London).

One thing I would definitely recommend is to increase your diet of red meat and other high iron foods. I am at the moment pretty aneamic, so I am taking some all in one vitamins, iron tablets, eating red meat in combination with vitamin C (which apparently increases the intake of iron) etc to try and give my body the nutrients it needs. Otherwise, you just have to hope that the meds sort you out!

Good luck with everything!

Colazal actually made me worse.  It is one of the side effects - make symptoms worse.  I switched back to Lialda.  Rowasa can also make it worse - a side effect as well.  Check with your doctor to see if you can try different medicines.