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Posted 10/6/2018 11:34 AM (GMT 0)
I noticed this morning some pinky red coating from my mezavant in my stool. A few bits but not the actual tablets or anything.

Does anyone experience this? Is it a bad thing?

Thanks!
Posted 10/6/2018 5:52 PM (GMT 0)
Normal.....that's what I suspected to be in some of your blood sightings.

q
Posted 10/6/2018 11:42 PM (GMT 0)
Yes! And wondering if some may have been that mixed with mucus.
Ta!
Posted 10/7/2018 6:05 AM (GMT 0)
Yep......but it's a good thing you recognised it could be that.
Gotta love those AHA moments.....whew!

But you do say you sometimes have blood on tp....so good to maybe keep a mental note....and when in your cycle it could be as well.

😁q
Posted 10/7/2018 11:34 AM (GMT 0)
I am 100% sure it was bloody mucus before... but these past few mornings I noticed this coating- just small bits (looks like bubble gum and then realised what it was!) Hoping I don’t have to see the former again but not getting my hopes up!

Time will tell! Xx
Posted 10/7/2018 4:19 PM (GMT 0)
So far so good tho....healing takes time.

Again, i dont really see the need for you to be on the oral steroid topical....unless the doc is hoping for some of the minor systemic properiies. Maybe consider to ask about that as well next time.

Your gut is doing a good job regarding the mezavant..👍

q
Posted 10/8/2018 11:49 AM (GMT 0)
I am meant to stop the cortiment in a week or so. Just trying to work out if I need to taper but was only meant to be 10-12 weeks.
So steroid is done shortly!
Then just the mezavant and the rectals still.

Just at the end of my cycle so hard to tell if it’s all okay blood wise!

Fingers crossed!
Nice to have a gut compliment!
Few and far between ;) ha!
X
Posted 10/12/2018 2:32 PM (GMT 0)
Has been a smooth run without blood (am scared to look every day as I am waiting for the slap of seeing it again) but have a bit of mucus still. Bad sign?

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Posted 10/12/2018 3:24 PM (GMT 0)
That's good! Mucus is our very least concerning symptom. If you mention it to your gastero doc then you are unlikely to get any concern at all. Why? Mucus in stool doesn't correlate with inflammation or flares. As our IBS friends have a lot of issue with mucus in stool, and by definition they are inflammation-free.

Sometimes you are best not to look, as there are a lot of false-positives from doing so. Unless you are seeing obvious blood on your toilet paper after wiping, or a red-slick of obvious blood across the toilet water surface then it is nothing to be concerned about.
Posted 10/12/2018 4:23 PM (GMT 0)
Mucus is normal with even extremely mild inflammation....it can also mean that the digestive tract is more active as well, especially during stressful events.
Expect some kind of change during your cycle after ovulation.

I suggest you start tapering the steroid foam now rather than dropping....and are you going off the oral budesonide?

My experience....better to know and check. But you're micromanaging in the way that a slight change sets you emotionally back to square one. See the reality that you're healing and heading in THAT direction.....still probably have extremely mild inflammation (reason for the mucus)....its not all or nothing.
What you are learning in this short time....took me 3 years.

All sounds good!

Keep us updated on how you do when off the steroid.

q 😄
Posted 10/12/2018 10:09 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks guys!
Yes, true, I am like an investigator after every bm!
May take a little bit less serious approach and ride this out.
Am tapering the oral!
Rectal after that.
All things crossed! Xx
Posted 10/12/2018 11:13 PM (GMT 0)
Looking forward to the updates.

q
Posted 10/30/2018 12:10 PM (GMT 0)
Still travelling well.
Tapering my oral cortiment this week and have been using the salofalk mesalazine enemas every other night with suppositories bi-nightly successfully.
Also tapered the morning budenofalk foam to every other day.
Slow, steady taper of them all with the plan to maintain nightly supps with enemas every 3 nights with no end.
Average one bm a day. In the morning. Then smooth sailing. Fingers crossed the path continues to be smooth.
Thanks for the help!
X
Posted 10/30/2018 12:21 PM (GMT 0)
Sounds like you're doing well! Keep pressing on with your tapers.
Posted 2/1/2019 1:48 PM (GMT 0)
Hi guys! Checking in after a good long holiday. My flare is out! I ended up tapering off the oral cortiment and enemas and am on suppositories every other day. Also on max dose oral mezavant.
Feeling good and strong and happy.
Came and froze in Canada and back to Australia defrosting which is nice!
Thanks again for the support on here. It’s a real lifesaver. Xx
Posted 2/1/2019 6:12 PM (GMT 0)
Terrific news, happy you are doing so well! Thanks for checking in.
Posted 2/1/2019 7:03 PM (GMT 0)
Great news....keep in touch. Should you start experiencing anything out of the ordinary don't let it continue for too long. 😊

q
Posted 2/1/2019 9:20 PM (GMT 0)
Yep, it's normal.
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