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Plenvu and colonoscopy

Help - have a colonoscopy on Monday morning at 8am and supposed to take my second dose of Plenvu at 5.30! Worried about my journey to the hospital - should I...

Help - have a colonoscopy on Monday morning at 8am and supposed to take my secon...

•4 days ago

Picolax bowel prep

Hi hope all is well, I am currently in a mild flare up again due to change in weather temperatures as I seem to get flare-ups every autumn/winter and always...

Hi hope all is well, I am currently in a mild flare up again due to change in we...

•8 days ago

Total colectomy

Hi I had a total colectomy last Wednesday I've been so sick ever since I'm still in hospital can't eat they have a ng tube down me which is just producing so...

Hi I had a total colectomy last Wednesday I've been so sick ever since I'm still...

•8 days ago

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Advil Post Colonoscopy

Hello everyone, I had a colonoscopy last week Wednesday, Everything went well. Im pretty much back to normal. Although I got a migraine today, and the...

Hello everyone, I had a colonoscopy last week Wednesday, Everything went well....

•8 days ago

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TWISTED BOWELS (VOLVULUS) FOLLOWING PROSTATE SURGERY.

my partner keeps getting twisted bowels, the medical diagnosis is VOLVULUS, following TURP prostate surgery, for a very enlarged prostate that pressed on...

my partner keeps getting twisted bowels, the medical diagnosis is VOLVULUS, fol...

•9 days ago

Post colonoscopy

Hello everyone colonoscopy went well. Obviously the prep was the worst but the sleep was so good. Here is the results of my endoscopy and colonoscopy. I...

Hello everyone colonoscopy went well. Obviously the prep was the worst but the...

•14 days ago

Help! I'm on the never-ending train of being diagnosed then undiagnosed with microscopic colitis, diverticulitis and severe BAM

Thank you firstly for reading my article, if you have knowledge to share then thank you for your persistent research and patience. In 2019 I was diagnosed with...

Thank you firstly for reading my article, if you have knowledge to share then th...

•14 days ago

colonoscopy in 2 weeks - anxious as hospitalised last time with chest pain

Hi, I have a colonoscopy in 2 weeks as I suffer with ulcerative colitis and was born with anal altreasia. Soon after my last colonscopy, I had severe chest...

Hi, I have a colonoscopy in 2 weeks as I suffer with ulcerative colitis and was ...

•16 days ago

Colonoscopy Postpone

Hello Everyone, I made the decision to postpone my colonoscopy as I had Covid 2 weeks ago. I feel fine. Still have some lingering symptoms. But I feel about...

Hello Everyone, I made the decision to postpone my colonoscopy as I had Covid 2...

•25 days ago

Pretty sure I have Crohns or worse…please help!

Sorry in advance for the long message - this will be a long one. This is my second time posting since 2019. In 2019, I was suffering from stomach issues. My...

Sorry in advance for the long message - this will be a long one. This is my sec...

•27 days ago

Over the counter treatment

I am having a Crohn's flare and using tylenol and mylanta. I would like over the counter suggestions other than mylanta. Thanks. I am not interested in...

I am having a Crohn's flare and using tylenol and mylanta. I would like over th...

•1 month ago

out of the blue

like so many of you I was coasting along fine for years on Asacol then Salofalk and then this year without any obvious reason I’ve had two flare ups. The first...

like so many of you I was coasting along fine for years on Asacol then Salofalk ...

•1 month ago

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out of the blue

like so many of you I was coasting along fine for years on Asacol then Salofalk and then this year without any obvious reason I’ve had two flare ups. The first...

like so many of you I was coasting along fine for years on Asacol then Salofalk ...

•1 month ago

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Colonoscopy Anxiety

I’m about to get my first colonoscopy in 6 years. My last one was ok. Don’t remember too much. But for the last 3 years I’ve been fighting anxiety and panic...

I’m about to get my first colonoscopy in 6 years. My last one was ok. Don’t rem...

•1 month ago

Crohn's+IBS

Hi,I became unwell about 2.5 years ago and after a year was diagnosed with Crohn's. I've been on biological injections for my Crohn's for the last 18 months...

Hi,I became unwell about 2.5 years ago and after a year was diagnosed with Crohn...

•2 months ago

Confused

If you have IBD abd have low vit D levels how do you raise them?

If you have IBD abd have low vit D levels how do you raise them?

•2 months ago

Budesonide

Hi, I'm currently being investigated for Crohn's. I've had bowel issues for over 20 years and always been told it's IBS. Anyway three years ago, I had my...

Hi, I'm currently being investigated for Crohn's. I've had bowel issues for over...

•2 months ago

Suspected ulcerative colitis and nausea

Hi all hope all is wellI have been suffering with suspected ulcerative colitis for a while now and have lately started to feel nauseous and not wanting to eat...

Hi all hope all is wellI have been suffering with suspected ulcerative colitis f...

•2 months ago

Ulcerative proctitis

I have a severe proctitis. The Dr. prescribed me with a Prednisolone suppositories 5mg twice daily plus started oral Mesalazine as Octasa 2.4g/day. I’m on...

I have a severe proctitis. The Dr. prescribed me with a Prednisolone suppositor...

•3 months ago

Bowel changes and pain. Positive faecal calprotectin, negative CT

Hello! I've had longstanding pelvic and back pain for some years now (gynaecology have been no help at all unfortunately) but since last October, my bowels...

Hello! I've had longstanding pelvic and back pain for some years now (gynaecolog...

•3 months ago

Tired of colitis

I first was diagnosed with proctitis when I was about 20 but the doctor prescribed a sedative, believing it was stress related. After that I had about 4 or 5...

I first was diagnosed with proctitis when I was about 20 but the doctor prescrib...

•3 months ago

Food and passing blood

Throughout my whole journey what has really surprised me the very most is how much food can create such issues. I have been highly stressed lately with housing...

Throughout my whole journey what has really surprised me the very most is how mu...

•3 months ago

Headed for PTN? Mysterious high volume bulky stools daily following infectious colitis

Rather worried. A bit of a long story. Part 2 was some infectious agent that caused. 39.7 degrees fever followed by severe diarrhea. CT scan found it caused...

Rather worried. A bit of a long story. Part 2 was some infectious agent that cau...

•3 months ago

Started bleeding with BMs again.

Good afternoon, I was diagnosed with Ulcerative colitis at the start of May 2024 via colonoscopy. Start of June , I had a bad flare up where I had lots of...

Good afternoon, I was diagnosed with Ulcerative colitis at the start of May 2024...

•3 months ago

Calprotectin still 1800

Calprotectin test back again after last check in February which was 1800 after having alot of blood loss and diarrhea flare-up yet it is still 1800.Gastro...

Calprotectin test back again after last check in February which was 1800 after ...

•3 months ago

Sigmoidoscopy time wait

Hi all just wondering how long after your consultation appointment with gastro did you have to wait for a sigmoidoscopy please ?Also if I move areas in between...

Hi all just wondering how long after your consultation appointment with gastro d...

•3 months ago

Terminal ileitis

My colonoscopy found mild inflammation in the TI area which they said looked like Terminal Ileitis. Biopsies were taken but they came back normal. I haven't...

My colonoscopy found mild inflammation in the TI area which they said looked lik...

•3 months ago

Major cause of IBD found

Did anyone else see this article https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1wwdd6v2wjo Summary -Major cause of C and UC found -'Weak spot' in DNA present in 95% of...

Did anyone else see this article https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1wwdd6v2wjo ...

•3 months ago

Budesonide

Hi Has anyone developed shingles quite soon after starting this medication? Thanks xx

Hi Has anyone developed shingles quite soon after starting this medication? Th...

•4 months ago

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Hi all 👋

Hi all,Newbie here. I started with symptoms of lower abdominal pain, food intolerances that seemed to appear overnight, bloating, nausea and diarrhea in Dec....

Hi all,Newbie here. I started with symptoms of lower abdominal pain, food into...

•4 months ago

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