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Posted 4/7/2010 7:36 PM (GMT 0)
So I have been doing really good. Pretty much right there at the mercy of remission..going 1-2 times a day..no real urgency, blood or anything else. Taking 8 salofalk per day and nightly enemas .

Today was odd. I woke up and suprisingly NO morning BM...Got to work..started to eat breakfast and had to go. I went afew strings..ribbon like stool. Finished eatting and had to go ahead..again..a thin stool..not ribbon like but thin.  Then just now..about 5 hours later.. I had to go again. Yesterday I ate a considerable amount so going another time I was kinda not suprised..this was a normal stool. Nice size, came out at a normal speed, normal consistancy , etc. Since I always inspect.. to my suprise this stool had red veiny streaks in it. Not sure if its blood but I really hope not. It looked as if to be mixed in the stool rather than coating it.

Today I ate red strawberries. Yesterday I ate them too. The only other things I eat that is red is tomatoes.

Could this be blood? :( I am very sad about this now. Everything I am doing is the same. I have not decreased my oral meds nor my rectals.

ETA: A couple hours ago I also ate an oatmeal apple muffin. This has little pieces of red things..that look like cranberries. But I dont think that went through me within a few hours.

:(

Posted 4/7/2010 7:39 PM (GMT 0)
It could be from the strawberries or tomatoes. I'd lay off them for a few days and keep an eye on things (as if we don't always inspect our poop anyway!). I hope it was just the food and not a flare lurking.
Posted 4/7/2010 7:42 PM (GMT 0)
I hope so too but how could a flare even start developing when I am already hitting it up with orals and rectals daily?? I dont get it. :( So pissed.
Posted 4/7/2010 7:55 PM (GMT 0)
Tomatoes can look practically indistinguishable from blood. In fact, the only way to really tell is to poke the red stuff and see if it's solid or liquid. Sometimes I believe they are even digested somewhat they can look a liquidy red. That being said, I don't think they would come out in long thin streaks, but more shaped like a circle or square most of the time.

I know exactly how you feel...been doing great and then see that. It's can be psychologically crushing and is for me as I've been getting better. BUT look at the trendline. Your're getting better and had a bad BM (possibly). Much better than having bad ones consistently and being happy just becuase you happen to have a good one every now and then.
Posted 4/7/2010 8:00 PM (GMT 0)
Levi- I know I know and thanks! it breaks my heart as weird as it sounds. I was very happy about how I have been doing. and then to top it all off..I have a PERFECTLY formed BM, no urgency and just like the good old days and when I look I see the streaks. It almost looked like spider veins..little threads of red..Short of grabbing the stool out of the toilet here at work LOL I dont know what else I could have done here to figure this out..
Posted 4/7/2010 8:03 PM (GMT 0)
I've had tomato skins come out in long, thin slivers. I think it just depends on how it broke apart when you chewed it up!
Posted 4/7/2010 8:08 PM (GMT 0)
:(
Posted 4/7/2010 8:20 PM (GMT 0)
Krissy - the red could just be something you ate only time will tell. What worries me more is the thin BM's you had earlier - for me that is always a sign of inflamation. I feel your frustration, I have flared up many times when I thought I was heading for remission...I have also flared when I was using all the oral and rectal meds full force. I really hope this is just a minor set back for you and not a flare up!!! My doctor and I plan to start me on Imuran after my baby born because I have battled flare after flare since my daughter was born in 2006. Luckily most of my flares have been moderate to minor (only a few bad ones) but it has been one after another.
Posted 4/7/2010 8:21 PM (GMT 0)
You are not alone.

I've been having ups and downs the entire time I've been flaring. Had a perfectly healthy BM the other day and was STOKED. Then the next morning had one of the bloodiest yet. Had almost no pain the past two days and a normal BM today. Now I'm in pain again.

I think we could both use a little consistency in our lives ;p
Posted 4/7/2010 8:54 PM (GMT 0)
u r defo not alone as i 2 b doing so well then a bm comes along with a little or a lot off blood and it CRAICS me up and i try not let it get to me but it does,then i say well this is the way it is going to b for the rest of my life,so all i can do and u 2 is just keep on doing whats good for u and if ur colitis does not agree it will let u know.mad
Posted 4/7/2010 9:07 PM (GMT 0)
I recently changed GI doctors. My old GI seemed content with my FREQUENT ups and downs. He acted like that was the best I could ask for - I thought that I would never have a chance of achieving a full or lengthy remission. I talked to my new GI and he said he does not think that my ups and downs are good enough; he really wants to work with me to find what will get me into a full and sustained remission. I really had resigned myself to being in back to back flares forever so I am excited that my new doctor will be much more proactive and partner with me as a patient to find what works. Hang in there - hopefully the ups and downs will not last forever!
Posted 4/8/2010 7:48 AM (GMT 0)
I'd go with the strawberries and/or the tomatoes.

Did you have any blood on the toilet paper?

What colour are the salofalk pillse? is there a red coating like the asacol? (I could look that up, however.

q
Posted 4/8/2010 12:51 PM (GMT 0)
Thank you everyone. Helps to know we are all in the same boat (hopefully not a sinking one!!)

Q- no, no blood on the tp. I definitely know how that looks. It used to be like a full period coming outta my butt at times..and the water would be all red..nono this was not like this. This was mixed in the stool..
Posted 4/8/2010 1:47 PM (GMT 0)
Krissy - Since you have given birth you might also have internal hemmis...could be something to watch. I have them and they do not hurt but they do bleed sometimes...
Posted 4/8/2010 1:50 PM (GMT 0)
I guess that is possible too..good thinking
Posted 4/9/2010 6:41 PM (GMT 0)
update- did not see the red yesterday but this morning i saw some. I had tomatoe sauce yesterday so its kinda hard to say now..im italian ..cant stay away from tomatoe sauce :)
Posted 4/9/2010 7:46 PM (GMT 0)
Sorry to say I don't think tomato sauce would cause that - never has for me. Just keep an eye on it for a few more days...sorry you are dealing with this - not fun!
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