I used to have very bad growing pain in both legs, and also foot cramps all through my teen years...mind you I didnt seem to grow anymore well in height anyway, am still the same height as I was when...
Hi q MRI was of whole abdomen and with contrast. As for purchasing a CD......I wud love to but live in Ireland and we are a bit behind the times so I doubt if it would be possibe..... I will enquire...
Had MRI on last Wednesday.....will probably be a few wks before I get results. Will let you know. Have not had a stool sample done with a few years now. Might ask doc to do one. My previous...
Hi Q, I wish I knew, as when I checked up Cipro on the internet it seems to be used to treat Crohns rather than UC. Yet it is the only thing that really helps when I am very sick. (pain in lower and...
Initially symptoms improved. As soon as I finished taking predfoam symptoms returned. Ended up very sick last wkend and doc had to put me back on Ciprofloxacin again. Every time I stop taking Cipro...
Thanks for your reply. Its just so confusing when a colonoscopy done by surgeon (when symptom free) shows no signs of inflamation but biopsy results said I had mucosal changes etc showing mild to...
I don't have a copy of the results, I did see them though and each biopsy was listed and just said normal mucosa no abnormalities found. GI said I needed to continue with treatment as he had seen and...
I think this site is just brill it answers so many questions....
Hi all, /community/emoticons/confused.gif I have a few new symptoms and I am not sure if they are related to UC or not. From looking them up on internet it seems I may have an obstruction. I have not...
Hi, Thank you both for your replies. I don't have a copy of yesterday's results, the GI did show them to me and each one just said normal mucosa. I do however have a copy of the results from the last...
Hi all, I saw my GI today and am totally confused and so is GI. I had a colonoscopy done last November by surgeon colon looked normal but biopsy results showed mild to moderate resolving colitis....
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Hi all, I have been using predfoam with a week now for rectum and lower colon inflamation. I have a query for all those predfoam users. Can the predfoam cause the inflamation to get worse before it...
1. How many of you notice flare ups in the spring summer of the year? Yes (Spring) 2. How many of you feel like fiber makes you worse? Yes 3. How many of you are overweight. (like me)? Yes 4. How...
Hi, Thanks for your reply. I am not eating as much as normal as I am feeling sick all the time, but I have been drinking alot of water. I am still using the predfoam. I am taking 1200mg of 5 ASA...
Hi all, /community/emoticons/confused.gif I had a colonoscopy on 3 days ago, it showed infamation in my rectum and lower colon with an ulcerated just above the rectum. The GI changed my tablets and...
Hi Quincy, GI done the scope this time (Yesterday). Results: Inflamation in rectum and lower colon with a bad ulcerated area just above rectum. Have taken alot of biopsies which GI hopes will help...
Thanks Quincy for your reply, I still haven't got a full diagnosis, biopsies taken during colonoscopy done last October by surgeon showed mild to moderate colitis (colon looked okay at time of...
Hi all, /community/emoticons/confused.gif Hope ye are all keeping well, havent been posting for a while now busy with exams, kids etc. Have seen my GI since last posting and he wants to do another...
Hi, I had a mirena fitted in December 08 not for contraceptive reason as I have my tubes clipped but for excessive bleeding. I have been bleeding most of the time since saw gynae a few weeks ago and...
Hi all, Thanks for your replies, they are much appreciated. I find this site a great help. I have seen the GI 2 wks ago and I am now waiting to have another colonoscopy done (no date yet). It was the...
/community/emoticons/confused.gif Hi all, I have not been feeling well with the last few days again (it seems since February that a few days after coming off Ciprofloxin that I start to feel the...
Hi, With the last few years I have been having bowel problems in the Spring. Have even been hospitalised on various occasions. Was diagnosed with colitis the end of 2008. This spring has been no...
I have my appointment with GI on the 1st of April. My biopsies on last colonoscopy showed resolving colitis, as I had previously been diagnosed with proctitis the surgeon is assuming it is UC but as...
Hi to all, Just letting those that were so kind to reply to me on Monday when I was feeling really miserable, in pain and very swollen. I ended up going to the doctor (GP was off duty so got another...
Hi all, Am having alot of trouble with stomach with the last few days. Have alot of swelling (bloating) in upper stomach. In the last few hours my whole stomach especially the upper stomach has...
Thank you both for your reply, I keep waiting to feel better but am no better today, stomach is swollen even more and have alot pain. If it doesn't improve in a day or two I will go to see my GP, as...
/community/emoticons/confused.gif Hi all, Have only recently become a member, so am new to all this. Biopsies taken back in October during a colonoscopy showed that I have colitis. Was started on...
I have very bad constipation with over 3 wks now. Have used different laxatives and bulking agents with little or no result. My doctor told me to use bowel prep(Picolax) used before colonoscopy to...
Had a colonoscopy in September surgeon told me that my bowel looked fine but random biopsies of colon showed large bowel mucosa oedema of the lamina propria with scattered apoptotic debris deposited...
Hi, It might be ure medication. I am taking nexium for a few years now for acid raflux due to a hiatus hernia. I started on prednesol last Tuesday for UC flare, since then I am having alot of burning...
Thanks for reply Quincy, Surgeon put me on a maintenance dose of Dipentum while awaiting to see GI. I was very ill in February/March 08 was hospitalised twice. They didnt do any scopes and said it...
Thanks to all who replied, It is great to know that others suffer the same symptoms. Am on prednesol with 3 days now (for the first time) thought I was improved yesterday but just as bad today not in...
Hi all, I am from Ireland, had to take fleet for my first colonoscopy got very ill. Used Picolax for the last one, was much better didnt taste to bad andmuch more tolerable. You only have one glass...
Have been recently diagnosed with UC and was so confused as most people suffer with bad D, but for me it is usually constipation. So am glad to hear that I am not the only one. Am flaring at the...
/community/emoticons/confused.gif Hi all, I have been recently diagnosed with UC following biopsies taken during a colonscopy. Have been suffering on and off for over a year. Was put on Dipentium,...