What's going on with me?

also forgot to mention that i've been dealing with a lot of stress lately. got engaged a month ago, moved in with my fiancee last week....could stress and diet be the culprits?

iluvsunflowers15 said...
For the past few weeks, I've been having really bad urgencies and can be in the bathroom for 3-5 hours some mornings. For the past few days, I've seen mucous, blood in the stool and toliet paper. I haven't seen blood in my stool for years!!! I did stop remicade 6 months ago because I want to get pregnant in a year or two. I'm so frustrated...any idea what may be going on? Thanks. :)

Yeah sounds like a flare to me too. That's the standard report here, urgency and trips to the bathroom - the mystery for me is why this is a mystery to you.

I am not on any 'medication' I take curcumin,l-glutamine, boswellin and a couple tabs of sulfasalazine a couple times a week. Each time things start to get funny I subtract the food causing the problem. If I ever get to urgency I cut out all the junk immediately and eat fish and spinach. I always eat natural yogurt and kefir.

Sometimes Remicade isn't as effective if you stop it and restart it. I think 6mp is more worrisome during pregnancy than Remicade. I could be wrong. I would ask the GI and a high risk OB what is the best option for you. The most important thing is that you stay healthy thoughout your pregnancy. It does sound like you're flaring up. I hope you are able to get it under control quickly. What meds are you currently taking? How long were you on Remicade?