Could this be Ulcerative Colitis?

[Chocol8]

Sorry this is gross, but i am worried and looked online (prob not the best of ideas) and found that most of my symptoms seem to fit UC: different coloured stools which frequently changes but is mostly very loose.
Blood in stools (a lot), if i pass wind, i can pass pure blood but usually mess myself (very unpleasant), stomach churns constantly.
Being sent (eventually) for a colonoscopy to have a look see. Does anyone know what else this could be please? x

No - nothing as my bowel isn't bleeding it's my pile (according to them)

Never mind it was only for a day or so; none today

Not going in on Thursday now as they have a "black alert" on the beds in the gastro ward. Will have to go in next week possibly.

Well I went in today

I got told off by the nurse for going private then returning to the NHS
Then I got told off by the consultant, who then puhurtt bands round 3 piles & I nearly passed out

I am in such pain; my feet

Katy - what? They had a go at you? Bloody hell, they obviously don't understand your need to do this! I went private a few years back to get some lumps checked out in my throat prior to getting my tonsils taken out. I paid a lot of money for 5 mins with the NHS consultant who did the surgery ffs!

Cor, poor you. Why do your feet hurt...?

Why had I not seen him privately; well I made the private appt before I got his appointment though
Why wasn't the private chap not doing the piles on the NHS; well he only offered to do them privately

I checked with mumsnet the GP receptionists & the hospital appointment people who all said to come to this appointment

I don't know why my feet hut but they stated huting about 2 minutes after I stood up after the elastic bands wee put on (I think he made them hut on purpose) & bugger do they hurt - 2 co-codamol haven't helped much

Bums and feet be connected then...?

Same here, because of the waiting times at my local hospital of 2.5 months compared to 2.5 weeks, i have been seen, diagnosed, had various medication, all before my appointment which was due to be this Friday!!! Madness. Not that the meds have done any good, hence the hospital stay.

Hope you're feeling better soon Katy, i know the pain that is piles. Mine is still hanging around but it's not inflamed like it was. It was very hard to sleep, walk, lie down or sit cos of the pain so i understand.

Must be I guess

That last sentence is my life today "very hard to sleep, walk, lie down or sit cos of the pain"

Poor you, Katy - it sounds absolutely horrible, and how dare they tell you off!

Chocol8, hope they get you in soon.

Has anyone else's skin gone to shite with colitis? I've been getting so many spots, especially before my period, and I never used to.

If I have excessive bleeding or pass large clots I need medical advise

What are 'excessive' & 'large' I wonder.....

Yeah Spider, my skin wasn't great before due to a chronic skin condition but it it very very dry now - not sure if it's UC or the steroids. Asacol and Colazide dried it to hell in only 2 days!

Got a docs appt on Monday to see if i can get a letter written by them to re register with my hospital to avoid sitting on the loo in A&E for 6 hours before hopefully getting admitted.

Katy, i defo had excessive and large piles - one in particular! I couldn't even think straight! I used Anusol and after about 4 days it seemed to take the pain down and shrink it slowly. It's still largish but it's not as painful now.

Of course you can OldBag!

Sorry, only saw your last post, not the one before.

Yes, i wondered if there is such a thing as a comode bed too! Your skin is probably a combo of UC and poor nutrition and lack of sleep etc.

Been told i will not get a good nights sleep in hospital - the steroids will see to that apparently but a full nights sleep would be pure bliss!!!!! UC's grim isn't it?

Not entirely sure how they work OldBag, but think they are used to give you a bit of oomph where there was none before (mmmmm!). I've been taking 30mg daily for some weeks now, but need to keep taking them til i get into hospital so that the massive IV doses will not surprise my system too much.

I also wish for magic beans (the consultant did propose it originally as "complete bed rest" which had me all excited). I am now however, prepared for a week of no sleep, stuffing my face with food of anything i can get my paws on (they've made me do this so far - even if i'm not hungry) and a fat face (not the clothing retailers, alas) and possibly body. Whoopidoo! And i have an interview the week after next.

On the up side, the steroids, from what i understand from here and online, do stop the bleeding, diahorria (you would think i could spell that word but i am too lazy at this hour to check it up) and urgency, so i have to give it a try. Forgotten what 'usual' bowel movements are like it's been so long.

Oldbag - the steroids are powerful anti-inflammatories and immunosuppressants.

I was admitted with severe dehydration after four weeks of severe diarrrhoea and nausea/vomiting, with obvious blood loss in the later stages. My Gp thought it was salmonella initially and gave me mega antibiotics, but they made it worse and I ended up going in on the Friday as an emergency admission for rehydration and blood transfusions, and then had my colonoscopy on the Monday and started IV steroids the same day. I slept like a log for the first week on steroids because they finally eased the diarrhoea and I was able to relax once I knew I didn't have bowel cancer.

Oh bless you Spider! When did you go into hospital?

Luckily i don't have to worry about cancer as my biopsies were fine, but was told the steroids would keep me awake (yet, my consultant said i was to go in for "complete bed rest and IV steroids") for a week.

I was taking the tablets after lunch or evening tea, but found i just couldn't sleep at all - like i was buzzing constantly. I moved them to after breakfast and it improved a lot, but not enough to get a good few hours under my belt. Although i always wake due to urgency several times a night, or the need to fart - which is never has a good result for my bedding.

Piles

They 'banded' all three of my piles on Wednesday

My idea was that once the piles were 'not bleeding' if I still had blood they could have another think about it

However I'm not sure the pain is worth it

Hey OldBag, yes i bleed most of the time...i would say on a good day i have the urgency but don't beed every single time. However on a bad day, i have the urgency and the bleeding.

Having suffered for getting on 5 months, it is not on that the doc is saying that your bleeding is due to piles. My doc (whom i will be seeing on Monday for the first time since she said that) said there was no infection so was nothing nasty. My consultant said that having had a look and seeing my blood results, i have no 'inflammation markers' so infection would not show up.

Anyway, regardless, the pain from piles (even internal piles) is completely different to UC!

Yes, the lack of sleep is killing me too, i am angry all the time and feel and look like sh!t! My skin and hair is awful and i get tired and even more stressed than usual at the smallest of things.

Katy :-(((( It is quite an unbelievable pain, i do sympathise. I was unable to do anything when the pain was severe and it was there consistently for at least 4 days. Poor you.

You mean it will go eventually

Dear god I hope so; did you pass clots? & bleed a lot?