3tc...are you on a pain med to help lessen the misery? Hope this surgery is the last one you'll need. Please update. q...
I take it your flare included bleeding? The enemas can turn a mix of blood, mucus and stool a purple colour. Mucus can be mixed in or around the stool if in larger amounts. Since you're having formed...
I'm on 3000 - 4000IU. Was on 5000IU for many years, and my levels are now in optimum range. q...
That sucks! I've never had them, but I have read here that UCers can be prone to them. Hope the diet change helps...found this that might help...seems quite indepth....
UC is an autoimmund disease and triggered when and however. You dont say you have UC...did you have biopsies done? If so, do you have a copy of the pathology report? Doubtful its the oysters. What...
LOL...probably ferrous. Autoreplace thought ferrets sounded better. q...
It's gi tract, not track. q...
And your point of posting this? q...
Bothering you how exactly? It can cause looser stool in elevated amounts, not a bad thing if one is constipated. It won't make UC worse, however...but it will have an effect on stool consistency. q...
Are you meaning right inside the anus? Could be a fissure or hemorrhoid. q...
Is it anus or rectum...some describe anal as rectal. q...
Definitely do as fits your needs, but don't lose sight of experience and common sense...no matter the info you read. Keep us updated how you're doing. q...
I had the same symptoms as Jane's friend with the second Shingrix vaccine. Very uncomfortable but easily forgettable. I would definitely get the vaccine...whatever one and whenever available here....
Hi...I agree with it being postpartum depression. Therapy takes a long while, best thing I ever did. What are your expectationsfor therapy? Has your husband been able to come with you on occasion...
It's not lucky (extremely insulting)...it's called good doctoring and a willing and committed patient regarding medications and symptoms. Some patients have horrible and arrogant doctors who...
Welcome to the forum. You need the oral med...so get on it to treat the inflammation to keep that area and the rest of your colon calm. There was no reason for you to not have started the oral while...
No...you're flaring. Can you call the GI office and ask for rectal meds? q...
All you can do is try them. You wont know if they've helped the right side inflammation better until your next scope. Keep us updated how it goes. q...
Bleeding isn't a first symptom (I wish people wouldnt keep flogging that one) , but it might be a first symptom that someone actually recognises. Constipation has various causes...but for a UCer if...
Flare symptoms depend where the extent of the inflammation is. q...
No problem regarding any interaction. Keep us updated. q...
Merry Christmas 2020-style to all!! Keep well. Heather...
With blood is inflammation...after blood there is still inflammation healing, so it's not the last to go. But blood on stool can be from a hemmie on its way out...so keep that in consideration as...
Why does your doc think you need the change? Pentasa starts release at the beginning of the small intestine, Lialda starts release in the ileum...so both will cover the right side inflammation and...
Hi...the longest I was on tthe enemas nightly was 4 months...then s l o w taper. Some others have been on longer. If you have the steroid enemas, try them during the day and the mesalamine at night....
Hi...call the GI's office today and ask for mesalamine oral and rectal till you're able to see him/her. If you have a diagnosis...it's remiss for the GI to not medicate you. Or...call your GP and get...
Understandable. Please keep us updated as to how you're doing. q...
Good to hear. q...
Hi Sam...From my UC experience, the rectum doesn't heal separately with enema use. Always from top down, and confirmed with scopes. And I've been on enemas (varied schedule use asmin my sig) one...
Flowers...wow. When you were diagnosed, did you have biopsies throughout...and do you have the pathology results? I'm hoping that you've been checked for Covid, had stool samples and more biopsies...
Stats arent subjective...It's good you're checked regularly and the polyps are small. q...
What was the pathology result of your previous one that was removed? q...
Wow...good to hear you're having more indepth testing done, and I'm impressed at how quickly the process is going. Hope they find a reason for the neuropathy. q...
Hi...polyps come in many cell formations, so it depends on the type you had removed What's the pathology results of the first one? I've had pseudo (hyperplasia) polyps...my husband had the type that...
Hope the prep goes smoothly, enjoy the drugs...let us know the outcome. q...
Good info...thanks for posting it. q...
Hi...good you're seeing your GI. Request a stool sample kit for invaders. Also enquire if you should get checked for Covid. If something else is going on, it's not the meds and they won't be doing...
What is the prep you usually do? Is this a new GI? I ONLY will do the gallon preps...sounds like yours is torture, lol. q...
Just clarifying Ewa's comment. ASA...aka aspirin... not used in IBD meds because it can cause digestive bleeding. Other salicylates are used. q...
Yikes...panic mode. Great all went and is well! q...
LFA7...I also give the UFCC to my cat (small amount) in her food. I alternate between the two or take together. Depends on how I feel. When I was using the Primadophilus, I took it with the UFCC. I...
Ewa...IBD drugs contain the salicylate 5-ASA...NOT ASA. Aspirin (ASA) is a miracle medication, and I used it for headaches since I was very young. My GI gave me a warning because I'm now on Celebrex....
Could be that you're more vigilent and they had a milder version covid. q...
LFA7...what you want to do is get on oral mesalamine. When is your next scope? Probiotics are good as well... q...
Hi...are you on oral mesalamine? And now nightly enemas? What dosages? q...
Hi...it sounds like a hemmie or fissure, but you can call your doc and ask for mesalamine retention enemas. In UK available should be Salofalk, Pentasa and one is a foam (I think Asacol). Each have...
Loose stools but the same frequency? Looser can mean your inflammation is higher but still mild, or yes, from the enemas at this point with inflammation and more liquid in the lower colon and rectum....
Do you have a copy of all your biopsies pathology reports? If your biopsies of that area were perfectly clear since 2013, and now they're not, it would be helpful to at least get on an oral...
You arent getting worse so they are doing their thing. See how you are at the one month...yuu will probably need longer. Pay very close attention as to how you are healing rather than being...
It's possible if you have megacolon....but having gas and spasming will give thise same symptoms. Clarify if you're flaring?... Some foods can also cause extreme gas and spasming. q...