GI suspects ulcerative proctitis

Hello everyone i am new here a friend of mind recommended this website for great advice and a great place to just vent nobody else i know really understand my situation.


Ill tell you a little about me i am 30 year old male i have been having digestive issues for a few months I will tell you it has been nothing but stressful and overthinking the worst these past few months. i have met with 2 GI doctors after i spoke with the first one and told him about my symptoms which are occasional mucous in stool , occasional diarrhea but usually solid stool depending on what i eat, occasional constipation ,excessive gas , stomach rumbling , occasional stomach spasm that feel like somebody is pinching my colon last about 1 second this doesn't happen to often though, i also have felt it in my rectum a total of 8 times or so these past few months its not really painful it just feels weird (I have gotten my rectum checked for blood in stool multiple times came back no blood), i have only really felt pain about 2 times lower left abdomen for a few seconds. and undigested fiber food in stool a couple of times. there are moments in the day were i feel completely fine like i did before my digestive issues

After my labs and CT SCAN came back fine no inflammation G I doc says you have no blood in stool no urgency you have IBS and sent me on my way. i searched for another G I doctor to get a second opinion to ease my mind as soon as i told him my symptoms he said " you most likely have ulcerative proctitis " he scheduled me for a colonoscopy in 2 weeks to see the "severity of the inflammation" he said that i need to prepare myself for whats about to happen because my life is about to change i will have to deal with this for the rest of my life and i will need medication every day. i asked him why i have not seen blood and he said it will come eventually i also asked if there were any diet change i can make to make sure that the blood doesn't come and he says diet has nothing to do with it it just happens .

These next 2 weeks of waiting for my colonoscopy will be hard an even more stressful it seems my fears are coming to a reality its really hard for me to stay positive i have a few questions i also just needed to vent thank you for reading if you made it this far.

Is there a chance that the second G I doctor is wrong and i dont have ulcerative proctitis? he seemed to be pretty sure i have it even though i dont have blood in stool the first GI doctor told me not to worry that i have IBS..

Can IBS really make me feel these symptoms ?

How do you guys stay positive with IBD? how do you not let fearing the worst take over your life?

when in remission can you eat like you could before UP ?

how does tenesmus feel ? like you have to diarrhea or release a bowel movement but its just gas? I’m not sure if I ever felt this is it constant all day every day ?

Post Edited (borborygmi) : 6/29/2018 10:51:32 PM (GMT-6)

I'd guess your IBS diagnosis is correct due to diagnostics showing no inflammation or blood in stool. Blood is the most common reason we seek out an ulcerative colitis diagnosis. Urgency is a big UC thing too.

Yes, what you describe can be ecplained with IBS alone. Rectal muscle spasms are painful in IBS and you can get anti-spasmatic meds to get some relief. IBS can cause mucus, gas, rumbling, constipation etc.

When in a remission I eat whatever I want. Remission means I'm essentially normal and prediagnosis in symptoms.

Tenesmus is that urgent feeling that you have to poop, and then you pass either nothing or very little. It repeats that feeling repeatedly, you might run to the toilet half a dozen times or more in an hour due to it.

Try not to worry, especially as I think and IBD/UC is unlikely in your case. Not impossible.

What makes your new doctor think you have IBD/UC?

iPoop said...
I'd guess your IBS diagnosis is correct due to diagnostics showing no inflammation or blood in stool. Blood is the most common reason we seek out an ulcerative colitis diagnosis. Urgency is a big UC thing too.

Yes, what you describe can be ecplained with IBS alone. Rectal muscle spasms are painful in IBS and you can get anti-spasmatic meds to get some relief. IBS can cause mucus, gas, rumbling, constipation etc.

When in a remission I eat whatever I want. Remission means I'm essentially normal and prediagnosis in symptoms.

Tenesmus is that urgent feeling that you have to poop, and then you pass either nothing or very little. It repeats that feeling repeatedly, you might run to the toilet half a dozen times or more in an hour due to it.

Try not to worry, especially as I think and IBD/UC is unlikely in your case. Not impossible.

What makes your new doctor think you have IBD/UC?

iPoop Im not sure whats makes him think that as soon as i told him my symtoms he basically told me prepare for the worst because my life is about to change from UP..