Not yet. The stool culture was another thing the hospital "forgot," so I'm getting that done next week. Luckily, that can be done locally. I have another follow-up in two weeks, and will definitely...
After a long wait, finally got these today. Here's the colonoscopy: Anus, rectum: Normal Sigmoid colon, descending colon, splenic flexure, transverse colon, hepatic flexure, ascending colon: Moderate...
Yeah, I've been doing that....
Beave, one other thing, and I don't mean this insultingly. You're talking about steps that until I see your posts, I had no idea was even a thing. I was diagnosed with Crohn's two weeks ago, and both...
I misspoke--it was viral, not bacterial....
Beave, if you don't mind me asking, are you a doctor? Not trying to be nasty; genuinely curious. As for the acute colitis back in January, I have no idea. My history is this: I didn't have any...
For acute colitis. Not for this. All I had last time was fever, vomiting and nausea. Until they ran the CT scan, they figured it was pancreatitis or a second round of gastroentritis. No blood, no...
Beave, I live in Montana. There is no dedicated Crohn's doctor within 200 miles of me, if that. As it is, the GI doctor I see now is 90 miles away, and there is no one else. If I move to where the...
Hey, trying to keep a sense of humor about all this... But seriously, just went to the toilet and saw something I've never seen before: a blood clot on the toilet paper. Not a big one, but definitely...
I'll be heading down there tomorrow, so it turned out to be a tempest in a teapot, as far as that goes. But thanks for the info--I will definitely keep it in mind! At least it's a beautiful drive....
For the CRP it's 2.1 mg/dL and the normal range is 0.1mg-0.3 mg/dL. I guess it doesn't matter, because there's definitely still inflammation. Blood in the stool tonight--not much, no more than any...
Could I ask you folks' help in interpreting my blood panel results? Most everything looks really good, actually. The spreadsheet I was given gives me my results and the reference range, and I seem to...
We got it worked out. As it turns out, I'll be heading down their way next week anyway for the Prometheus test, so I'll just pick up the biopsy results then. I did get back my blood panel. The only...
I'll repost here what I posted over in the Crohn's forum, about my Quest for Biopsy: So I was promised that I would be sent a letter with the biopsy report a month ago after my colonoscopy. The...
You folks want a laugh? Here's my odyssey to get my biopsy reports. So I was promised that I would be sent a letter with the biopsy report a month ago after my colonoscopy. The letter would be...
I'm not sure what he found, but it must have been something. He initially suspected UC, but the biopsies indicated Crohn's. I'm afraid I didn't ask for details. I don't know if he found anything in...
Thanks for the encouragement. It's much appreciated. I'm not entirely sure about the skip pattern being limited to my colon, but my doc never mentioned the small bowel, so I assume that it is...
Past biopsies were more "We have no idea what's wrong with you" and "Maybe UC and maybe antibiotic caused non-cdiff colitis." This is only the second time they've done a biopsy. Those were the...
So saw my GI doctor today. Good, informative meeting, but I wouldn't have guessed in a million years that he would say, "Your biopsies show that you have Crohn's Disease, not UC." Surprise, surprise,...
Hello, everyone. Holo100 here. I've been something of a regular on the UC board, but today I was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease, so...here I am. I hope you don't mind if I ask a few questions from...
I had the same thing happen to me. Does make you curious....
The doc rescheduled it pending our meeting next week...so at least he's willing to hear me out....
They want to do a CT angiogram, which I think has to have contrast. If it doesn't, then I will definitely ask about that. I'm willing to give my GI doc some benefit of the doubt. His office is 90...
I just came off of a huge panic attack. Fact is, I'm terrified of CT scans--I've had quite a few of them, but only two with contrast. I think I might've had an allergic reaction in the two times I've...
I had acute colitis back in January that was possibly caused by a bout of horrendous stomach flu--it wasn't UC, because there was no blood--in fact, there wasn't much of anything, aside from terrible...
Clindamycin kicked off my current issues too, but at the time only one of the four doctors I saw thought it was UC. It cleared up on its own for two years, and now it's back. So it could be UC, even...
Your symptoms are worse than mine, but in my experience doctors want to make sure what's wrong with you before they start prescribing stuff. My calprotectin level was high enough that my primary...
Since I'm prediabetic, my doctor has me cutting back on starches and told me to quit drinking regular soda or start buying insulin. So I've switched to water, Diet Dr. Pepper, and seltzer. Other than...
I am a hypochondriac--the kind that calls the 24-hour nurse line at 3 AM because I'm feeling twitchy (4 cans of soda will do that, duh) or figures that any incidence of diarrhea means c-diff. But it...
I just talked to the same nurse, and she called the CT people--yep, he ordered the same test that Countess18 got. The simple IV/iodine test, not the "slice open your femoral artery" test. She was...
That's what I thought, but the nurse last week said that it was the test "where you have to wait for four hours afterwards." That's the invasive test. Still waiting for confirmation from my GI...
That makes me feel better, Countess18. I'm beginning to think that the nurses in the colonoscopy room misunderstood what kind of CT test my GI doctor wants. He probably did want the IV contrast test,...
I had an appointment with my primary doctor today, and she was stunned that anyone would order a CT arteriogram without good reason. When I told her that the colonoscopy nurse said my primary could...
Yep, had biopsies all over the place, according to the nurse. Ulcerations throughout the colon. I average 4 BMs a day; about half are normal, the other half look like a rabbit used the can. Very...
I've actually tried that, because I was diagnosed as prediabetic two months ago. I won't say that I've cut way down on sugar, but I did cut a lot of sugar out of my diet (cut back on soda, rarely...
Hi again, everyone. I feel kind of foolish bothering people with questions, but I'm kind of at my wits' end here. After my colonoscopy last week, the doc found pancolitis with ulcerations. That makes...
This is like the weirdest disease ever. I occasionally get nausea. What helps? A can of Dr. Pepper. Works (almost) every time....
I'd get tested just for peace of mind. I will say that I've had diarrhea like that before leaving on trips out of stress, and everything got back to normal once I actually was on vacation and settled...
Thanks, everyone. I appreciate the quick response. I thought I was some kind of mutant there! I did manage to talk to my doc briefly today. (It's not easy because he lives 90 miles away.) He is...
Hello, everyone. Looks like I'm back to this forum with a whole load of questions. Long story short: I joined this board back in summer of 2016 when I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis...or...
Probably a dumb question, but are you drinking blue Gatorade or Powerade? I love blue Powerade, and it did the impossible by getting me to give up Pepsi. It's pretty gentle on the gut and keeps me...
If it wasn't for your cramps, I'd say it was an anal fissure or maybe even a hemorrhoid. I get fissures a lot, and they always cause blood on the toilet paper. Freaked me out the last time it...
Was there any blood in the stool itself?...
"I then looked at Klein's supposed PhD and found that his degree from the University of Natural Health only required half a dozen courses and a 3000 word thesis, for which he used the text of his...
Here lately doctors have been prescribing a ointment made of blood pressure medication. Sounds weird, but it works pretty well. My primary prescribed me some, and it worked within a few days....
Cipro can also be prone to cause c-diff. Be careful with that one. (Though if you've taken it in the past with no issues, it may not be anything to worry about.)...
I have a similar problem after I eat--I tend to get really tired--but I put that down to eating a lot of carbs. I don't know if that's your issue, though. You feeling like you're exhausted after a...
You could share this list with her, perhaps: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_diagnosed_with_ulcerative_colitis...
I had a lot of that over the summer. It went away when my symptoms calmed down....
Hi, Harris. There's a lot more people on here that can answer your questions better than I can, but I just wanted to let you know--you're not alone on the obsession part! I've done the same thing....