It's great that you have a GI that addresses diet and stress. Mine doesn't think it has any relation to UC. I just use my GI for the scope and prescriptions. She advised me to eat meat and that milk...
I would definitely look at what I'm eating because mucus forms as a result of something we've consumed. If I have dairy, meat, gluten, alcohol or caffeine I expect mucus in my stools....
Although the blood leaves the body I would call it internal bleeding. It is blood loss from inside the body....
I smoked for almost 20 years and after having quit for ten years I got severe UC. Does anyone know why we get this horrible disease when we stop the cigs?...