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Posted 12/6/2015 8:00 PM (GMT 0)
I was diagnosed with colitis and then it went away. My rectal bleeding came back. I have a colonoscopy again in two weeks. My doctor said he will probably be able to call it ulcerative or crohns. Well, it has gotten worse. I used to have regular stool with lots of blood in it. Well now i haven't had regular brown stool in forever. I go to the bathroom to have a bowel movement but all that comes out is a TON of gas with white stringy stuff mixed with blood. That's all thats coming out. How serious do you think this is
Posted 12/6/2015 8:04 PM (GMT 0)
Sounds like a typical IBD flare. I havent had a "normal" BM in 6 years.
Posted 12/6/2015 8:54 PM (GMT 0)
Yes, you're flaring, that's why you're seeing that. My ulcerative colitis is in remission and I have normal bms. So, it's possible to have normal bms again. You just need to get your uc, crohn's, or whatever it is under control.
Posted 12/7/2015 6:34 PM (GMT 0)
I went a whole month with nothing but blood, clots, and mucus. Then on Thursday it all caught up and the pain was horrible, but no one could understand why I was happy. People take for granted the simple things like going to the bathroom normally. So no matter how painful it gets at times, any kind of normalcy makes me very happy.
Posted 12/7/2015 11:25 PM (GMT 0)
When you see your GI you will probably get an RX for oral meds but very important to also get an RX script for rectal meds. Enemas are best because they treat a larger area of rectum but if you have UP-ulcerative proctitis you may get suppositories instead. If your GI does not give you a script for rectal meds ask for it. These do so much more to treat the area directly than oral meds do and you will not be sorry you used them.

Using the enemas at bedtime is best, least active time for bowel. Search the forum for help in using them. It takes a couple tries to get used to them but you should see better symptoms after using.

Good luck.

Post Edited (imagardener2) : 12/7/2015 8:19:40 PM (GMT-7)

Posted 12/8/2015 12:04 AM (GMT 0)
I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis after a colonoscopy 19 years ago. I am now symptom free after many years of bleeding. I found out 7 years ago that I should stop eating GMO corn, six months later I had no symptoms. My GI thinks it's coincidental and possibly psychological. However, after 7 years, and three colonoscopys, the only thing the GI said was that he found a polyp and some redness this year on the last colonoscopy.
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