I saw the gastro today which was good. He was not happy that my gp put me straight on to prednisone and has instead put me on meszalmine daily for maintenance with the cortifoam. He has requested a...
Luckily I have been able to get into my Gastro tomorrow, are there any particular questions you think I should ask?...
Thank you again for the reply. Hopefully I will get into my GI this week or I will see GP to hopefully put me on maintenance meds that will help this and I can come off the prednisone....
Thank you for the reply. Trying to get in to see my gastro this week. Is it likely the proctitis has spread with these symptoms?...
Hi, I have been seeing my regular doctor not GI, he can be quite difficult to get into in a timely fashion. My symptoms appeared to ease while on the Prednisone even when tapering off of them but the...
Hi, No refusal of any normal meds he just put me straight on course of prednisone....
Hey guys I was diagnosed with UC mild in the rectum in 2013 and initially used cortifoam to treat the original flare. Used the cortifoam for a few months and it all went away and I would have never...
Pizza, redbull, subway etc and dairy makes things worse but very hard to give up...
Haha, no just got into the habit of checking my stools once things went bad. I am going 2-3 times a day. They are generally on the soft side to diharea and yeah my diet isn't too great.....
Before...
Hey guys after recently being diagnosed with ulcerative colitis in my rectum after a Colonoscopy I have continued to notice a translucent oily film on the toilet water after doing a BM. It is hard to...
Thanks for the replies. I don't have my liver numbers on hand but I remember my ALT has been between 100-150 and the other levels were slightly elevated. I think my cholesterol was slightly raised. I...
Hi guys. I have just recently been diagnosed with mild UC in the rectum through colonoscopy. I am a 29 year old male from Qld in Australia. After getting my diagnosis, I, of course went to google and...
Is it normal with the cortifoam to still have some diharea? I am doing a max of 3 BMs a day without any blood but sometimes there is still some diharea. I have been on the foam for over a week now...
For most people with this crappy disease is it a combination of both meds and diet to keep it under control? I am finding the meds are getting me better but not completely symptom free. As soon as I...
Is it normal with proctitis to be intolerent to milk? I have now found that flavoured milks give me really bad gut pains and diharrea, even when using the foam....
Ok now I am a bit confused, both the GI performing the colonoscopy and my GP said the IBD is only in the rectum so now I'm not sure if it is in the left colon or not?...
Wow what an awesome forum. Thanks heaps for the replies. I am scheduled to meet up with my GI in a couple of months, unfortunately she is on leave at the moment. The report did mention the IBD is in...
Thanks heaps for the reply... Much appreciated. My doc has prescribed me cortifoam twice a day. Generally what are the chances of this moving up past my rectum? Is there anything I can do to improve...
Hi guys, I recently had a colonoscopy which came back with mild proctitis. Biopsies were taken which were consistent with "mild IBD". No one can seem to tell me though if it is UC or Chron's because...