I saw my specialist on Monday and he did a scope to look at my rectum. He said my rectum was looking beautiful (haha) compared to before. I've been on Salofalk enemas nightly and cortifoam in the morning. He says there is little granularity, so little that I don't need to be on enemas nightly anymore. I am to use enemas 5x a week for 6 weeks, then 3x a week until my next appointment.
What I don't get is how symptomatic I am still. I told him this and he said it's normal. My main symptom right now is abdominal discomfort and frequency. I wake up and go once, use the cortifoam, go again and I feel emptied... until a little while, the process starts again. The first 2 times are usually not bloody but the 3rd time is. The blood comes in little pebbles and shows up on the paper. He said I should use metamucil to help alleviate the frequency. My guess is that metamucil bulks up stool and that will minimize washroom trips.
It's still sort of unbelievable to think I am improving. Heck, the doctor told me the improvement he sees is over 90%. When just 2 weeks back, I spoke to my first specialist that was suggesting a combination of prednisone and imuran to induce remission. I can say with confidence that the Salofalk enemas have helped more than anything. Considering the fact my rectum was just all types of ugly when I was on prednisone (had a sigmoidoscope done after a few days on prednisone).
Also, the frequent trips have made my bum hurt pretty bad. I applied dialtizem cream (in vaseline) and it hurt to touch the area.
Thanks in advance
