Colitis?...

Hello Everyone. My name is Colleen and I am 23 years old. I just had my first colonoscopy yesterday morning. I am so afraid. As much as I read, i don’t understand. My doctor told me I have Colitis. He took biopsies and told me result will be in this week. I’m reading about the different kinds of colitis, and none seem to fit my symptoms enough to convince me. Can you help to understand? Tell me if you can relate to me and my symptoms... I have suffered from constipation for nearly four years, after the constipation, i stopped using the restroom.at all. I was able to go 1-4 days without using the restroom, or feeling the sensation like I had to at all. That has been going on till now. Just about a little over a year ago, i began to experience anal bleeding. Sometime with and sometime without trying or actually passing bowl movements. The blood amount would vary, sometime a few drops, sometimes so much as to mistake menstruating. Looking down in the toilet and seeing all blood is pretty scary. Last year in February I had a colonoscopy scheduled, I could not drink the Golyte so I didn’t go through with it. The bleeding continued so i finally decided to go. I use to think that because I was young, and out in the world alone from the age of 16, that, those circumstances would be my excuse, as much as I’d like it to be, it can’t be... I read of all these other symptoms, i can’t relate to none of them. I have so much energy. I work two jobs, I have for nearly 3 years, I am extremely active (not too much in exercise) but i am constantly moving around. I sleep 8 hrs. A day, I’ve had different eating habits, i even let go of ALL meats, I was a pescatarian for over a whole year Ive had a colon clense before (which did help for a month or so), I’ve worked out daily to help my situation, and none of these helped me. It just continued. I guess I just have colitis now. And I’m just waiting to hear what my Doc has to say.

What do you guys think? Feel free to ask me questions to better understand me? Your advice or story would be appreciated, and helpful.

I think you just have to wait until the final diagnosis comes in. It's even possible that you do not even have "colitis". So far I haven't heard anything that would make me definitely say you have colitis or UC for sure.

Welcome to the forum....the waiting is the worst part.


Please make sure you get a copy of the pathology results, and ask your doctor where EXACTLY the inflammation is located.

I also suggest strongly that if you do have UC that you try the 5ASA oral/rectal route....

Did your doc not start you on any meds at this point?

Did you have stool samples done as well?

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Lori, Thank you. I appreciate your words. I am scared. The bleeding is what scares me the most. It just doesnt stop and I know its not normal. Thank you thou. I will keep you posted.

Gary, TOOMUCHPOOPIN, Im hoping it is just inflammation, he told me my stomach was also very inflammed. He asked me to come see him Monday so we can further discuss this. He also mentioned a diet. He said results wouldnt be in till later on in the week. Im hoping for the best. I am afraid to live with any of this. I know its real life but I am 23 years old, I dont want to have to watch what I eat, and take medicine,.. any of that!

Elite, Thank you for that info. I will make sure to do that. Thank you. Im on my own on this one, so your guys support is wonderful, Thank you.
No stool sample yet, and meds are yet to come. He said we would discuss that this week as well. When i left the Hospital I was still very sedated.
I will keep you posted.

NiceCupOfTea, Thank you for your info. Besides the anal bleeding, ive had issues with "anal fissures" I went to the hospital once becasue it was causing lots of pain and discomfort. All they did was send me home nd advise that I see my Primary. San Antonio Hospital in Upland, Ca to be exact. There professionalism was HORRIBLE. All I did thou, to be completely honest, was go home and soak in warm tub of water, go on liquid diets so It could heal,and it would. But the bleeding would just return. As you mentioned about the proctitis, could that be the cause to the multiple and various amoutn of blood?


By what you guys are all saying, "I caught this early" makes me feel so much better. It does not take away the fear thou, Im just so glad to hear this. Im in the dark, I dont know anything. I am so sorry that you guys go threw things WORSE then what I do. I couldnt imagine pain worse then what I feel sometime. Not eating for a few days becasue I can poop. Or throwing up from discomfort inmy stomach, or finally going to the restroom and my stool coming out black, or soft with blood, or hard with blood. One time I remember feeling discomfort and irritation in my butt, when I went to the restroom to check, I wiped and found i was bleeding. Its a scary feeling! I hate it. Even this one time, I went to the restrooom because I thought i was finally going to go, after just two days. I pushed alittle (because since my hemorrhoids, I dont push at all) and i just passed a little gas, and when i looked down, blood had came along... Look, to my understanding, this bleeding stuff is NOT normal, but where is this all coming from?... Why am I bleeding, wouldnt I feel sick, anemic, something??? I share these things with the doctor and he just recome the colonoscopy and here I am. I am totally aware of the lack of responisbility I have had by just ignoring this. I guess I was just being naive to this whole thing. I feel at complete fault for this. I am so sad. I am sooo sad....


Thank you guys for your info and thought. I just wish for the best of luck and blessings that this isnt as bad as my mind is thinking it is....

Thanky Quincy.

Blood work yes, the day of my colonoscopy, becasue my blood pressure was "extremely low" I was asked if I was feeling ok, Dehydrated, or weak, I wasnt, I was just nervous. But that is all. No stool sample.

I will hang in there. Thanks!

Yeah, you only put off the colonoscopy by a year: not the brightest thing ever to do, but understandable and a lot better than putting it off for ten years. I've got a brother with Crohn's (which seems to take the form of proctitis), and he went for a year with bloody diarrhoea before finally getting it checked out and getting a diagnosis. In the long run, I don't think that delay made any difference to him, as, 15 years on, he doesn't seem to be much worse off than when his disease started. (We're not close, so I have never had any detailed discussions with him about his Crohn's :-/)

Ouch@the anal fissures. I had one throughout 2012 and it was one of the most excruciating things I have ever experienced. Anyhow, to answer your question, yes, proctitis absolutely can cause bleeding. A rough rule of thumb seems to be that the lower down the inflammation is, the more likely it is to cause bleeding.

As for bleeding making you feel sick and anaemic, not necessarily. It will probably make you anaemic eventually, but it could take years to deplete your iron stores if you're otherwise healthy. The feeling ill with IBD also doesn't tend to happen until it becomes more severe; IBD itself (without any bleeding) and some of the meds we take for it can also cause anaemia. But you will also have regular blood tests to check various things, like your iron, inflammatory markers, blood cell counts, etc.

Okay, gotta dash: that highly realistic medical programme, Casualty, is on now and I have a cup of tea awaiting me... >_>

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