Posted 9/5/2015 6:22 AM (GMT 0)
1) more than likely blood work will be done as well....and stool samples if that hasn't been done yet.
2) it's hard because many can't seem to tell the difference with the inflammation pattern between CD and UC, if it's patchy then it's CD and especially if it affects more layers of the intestinal lining yet with UC the inflammation will be continuous with no patches of healthy tissue...the colonoscopy should be able to help them determine which IBD it is.
3) call and tell them of the side effects you're experiencing with the suppositories, read the list of side effects and serious ones too of the.
4) when flaring, it's not uncommon to feel body aches or a it of a fever/flush since your body is trying so hard to fight the inflammation, inflammation involved in any illness/disease causes fatigue as well. AVOID taking NSAID's as they tend to promote bowel bleeding for those with inflammatory bowel disease, Tylenol is it, no aspirin, advil and any of the rest.
Your post wasn't long, you had great questions and you're obviously being proactive with your health and what's going on with you, understandably, many will bury their heads and/or hang off every word their specialists tell them and not learn for themselves how it seems there are too many GI's that drop the ball when it comes to doctoring us....I say, always go with your gut instinct, I ended up going through 4 GI's in the 24 years I've had Crohn's Colitis....which you already know what crohn's colitis is and that's great cuz so many people think it means they have both crohn's and ulcerative colitis, only about 2% of patients do have both, it's rare but sadly it happens. Hope this helped!