London Lurker, Thanks for the reassurance and that awesome self-help packet. Right now I'm seeing a therapist that specializes in anxiety and cognitive behavioral therapy. Health anxiety is tricky...
Judy and imagardener, thank you guys so much for that valuable piece of advice. I've started therapy because my anxiety feels unmanageable at times and it's hard to relax when I need to worry about...
Thank you so much! This helps a lot. My therapist told me today that I need to "stop borrowing anxiety from the future" I can't let what hasnt happened yet ruin my life now. The drinking part has...
Thanks for the support and encouragement DMC2011! I'm on mesalamines and honestly my disease seems to be more of a nuisance than an actual discomfort. My thoughts and worries for it seem to hurt me...
Hey everyone, I'm a 22 year old college senior that was diagnosed with a "very mild" case of Ulcerative Proctitis in early November of 2015. I had blood in my stool since Jan/Feb 2014 where I would...
Went to urgent care and was diagnosed with a combo of things. The doctor definitely felt tension in my neck, knows of my recent anxiety diagnosis so thinks that's why I have so much tension, and I...
I've been battling adjustment disorder with anxiety recently after a cancer scare so is it possible that these are just tension headaches?...
So I've been feeling a weird pressure sensation on the left side of my head that comes and goes for the past week. It doesn't feel like an ache or pain but rather an uncomfortable pressure. The pain...
Thanks Sherbear. I briefly freaked out and called my doctor and his nurse told me it isn't anything to worry about. It was just weird that the only sign of those colors were shown via the wax of the...
Hey everyone. I've been taking CANASA nightly for a little over a month now. They've been working well for me but today during my first bowel movement (when I expelled the Canasa wax) I noticed that...
Yeah it sounds like my situation is pretty odd then. I had a blood test for anemia (because I had blood in my stool on and off for a year and a half) that came back normal. Other than that I haven't...
At the time I was just so worried about it being cancer that I didn't stop and think "hey, most people got a stool test. Why didn't I?". In retrospect it's silly I never brought it up. To my...
I was diagnosed with Ulcerative Proctitis (limited to the first 2inches of my rectum) a little over a month ago after a bout of blood/mucus in my stool (no other symptoms). After doing some reading,...
Hey duelling Carl, Canasa has been working for me. I'm on day 21 of 45 of taking it (as prescribed by my doctor) and haven't had any symptoms really. I plan on slowly tapering off my oral Delzicol...
Sorry. Forgot to mention that this is of course, relative to me and my situation. Bleeding is the only symptom I've ever experienced within the past 2 years (knock on wood) and my Gastro knows this...
Just wanted to update this post in case someone googles something like it because they are in the same spot I was in. I haven't had any bleeding since that one time. Normal stools hooray! Also I...
Thank you all so much for the insight and support. My anxiety definitely outweighs my UP right now. Actually, my UP symptoms are pretty non existent right now (taking oral/supp mesalamine every day...
Hey guys, Just curious if I'm alone in this one. While waiting 3 weeks for my colonoscopy the thought that I could have colon cancer boiled in my brain. When the colonoscopy came back with a mild...
Unfortunately I'm the only one in my immediate family that suffers from a chronic illness. My little brother has psoriasis but not too informed about what that is. Thanks again Quincy! I'll keep you...
Thanks Quincy! I've been drinking yakult probiotics in the morning on an empty stomach but I doubt they're potent enough to help me out. I'm going to research some natural supplements (probably...
Update: This may be a little TMI but I just had a BM without any signs of blood or mucus! Phew! Thank god. Yesterday when I noticed blood in my stool I also noticed my stool was a little bit harder...
Quincy, Yes. I had 7 biopsies taken from my colon and all of them came back normal showing no signs of inflammation. Thank you for the speedy response I really appreciate your insight. It definitely...
Hey Quincy, After my colonoscopy last month my inflammation was mild and limited to the first 2 inches of my rectum. I had experienced symptoms on and off for a little over a year and a half before I...
Hey everyone. I was diagnosed with Ulcerative Proctitis on November 12th and my doctor prescribed me canasa 1000mg suppositories (take 1 nightly) and delzicol 400mg oral capsules (2 pills taken...
Thank you for the positivity! I definitely feel more better now than I did a few days ago. Making progress slowly but surely. I'm meeting with a doctor on Tuesday for some reassurance and maybe even...
Thanks for the support. Are these symptoms common with anxiety? I just hate how they appear even when I'm feeling well and normal. It scares me and makes me think it's something more serious....
Is there a link you can send me? I'm im college and was just diagnosed with UC this semester. It's been a tough semester to say the least...
Hey Dan, I'm actually experiencing similar symptoms. The sensation doesn't really hurt just feels like a slight discomfort. It sometimes throbs at different spots (forearm, elbow, wrist), tingles,...
That's what makes the most sense to me. It doesn't feel like a coincidence that these sensations started appearing after becoming overly conscious about my health. It's just really tough sometimes....
Hey guys, I'm still pretty new to this forum and I'm looking for any insight and advice into what I've been feeling lately. For the past couple of days my left arm has felt slightly tingly and...
Thanks for the feedback and support guys! I've been feeling extremely anxious about my health ever since my diagnose. I know that this added stress and anxiety will only slow down my healing process...
Hey guys, I was recently diagnosed with ulcerative proctitis. My GI Doctor currently has me on 4x Delzicol 400mg per day and Canasa 1000mg suppositories every night. I'm on day 15 out of 45 (6 weeks...
I recently had a colonoscopy done and was diagnosed with mild proctitis. My doctor informed me that all of my biopsy results came back normal and I failed to ask what the biopsies tested for. What do...