I too live in a small town in Ohio (also about 3 hrs from columbus!) and I too am not completely satisfied with my GI.. I was blown off by him one too many times and I'm currently thinking about...
Just diagnosed this year.. 22 yrs old!...
Thank you guys so much!! I'm a naturally nervous person and all of this is just a little overwhelming.....
I know EXACTLY what you are going through then..First a UC diagnosis then a CD diagnosis.. I'm still in "unsure" mode of what I can eat, what I cant and such.. I am currently pain free right now...
Hi Everyone. I was just diagnosed with Chron's Disease. Looking forward to this forum (as well as the UC forum). I do just have one question...who out there with Chron's is still surgery free and is...
And was diagnosed with Chron's Disease also. Does UC and Chron's usually go hand in hand?...
No I haven't tried any rectal meds yet! I still have yet to see my GI in his office for my follow up after the hosp. admission.. It just caught me off guard to see the blood and such after I haven't...
I just finished a Medrol Dose Pak yesterday and today I noticed blood and mucus in my stool. Is it just because I'm still "healing" as it's only been a week since my diagnosis?...
They said could it be from the extra irritation from the biopsy to my already inflamed colon...it was basically explained to me that the colon was shedding the inflamed essentially dead tissue. Just...
Yeah, they referred to it as "tissue sloughing"...
Has anyone else who had a colon biopsy ever recall noticing colon tissue in the toilet after a BM? I have noticed it a few times since having my biopsy and didnt know if it was normal to see that...
As of right now, no. I'm not allowed any dairy. They're still not sure if I'm lactose intolerant or not! I appreciate the contributions!!...
Anyone have any suggestions? I'm on a soft food diet for the next couple of weeks and I can only eat mashed potatoes for so long! ;)...
That's basically what I'm doing taking off work - just relaxing. I've pushed myself through so much before my hospitalization, I didn't realize how sick I really was!...
How long after you were first diagnosed did you take off of work? I'm hoping I'm not rushing it..I was just diagnosed 2 days ago after about a 6 week period of symptoms, last 2 weeks pretty severe....
I can't thank you guys enough! I was on a pretty high dose of IV Steroids during my hospital stay plus IV Cipro and Flagyl the entire time I was hooked up. I'm currently off work today and tomorrow...
@songlady : thank you!! and you are so right! I've had quite a few people comment on it by stating "well, you look fine" it's def. crushing to have someone not take it as serious as it is. I was kind...
Thank you so much! The worst part about it was everyone playing it off as just a GI infection or that I was just aggravating my GI tract due to my nerves (which I know didn't help!) or "It's probably...
I just had my first scope 2 days ago and it showed Pancolitis! I'm completely new to all of this and I was extremely scared before my scope also. Thankfully, the only symptoms I had afterwards was a...
Hey guys! I was just recently diagnosed with UC 2 days ago. I had been struggling with symptoms since Valentine's Day. Things starting to get progressively worse just in the last 2 weeks and I was...