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Hi everyone I have a question to anyone who as short bowel syndrome. I have 1.3 metres of small bowel and i also suffer from ulcerative colitis. I have a problem with nocturnal diarrhoea, I only seem to get up once in the night and if I don't wake because of it then I'm very tired through the...

Hi! Hope your well :) From what you have described and what Ive experienced and read about myself it does sound like an IBD. I have ulcerative colitis (left side, mild) and short bowel syndrome (seperate operation not due to IBD) I have all the above symptoms but I'm lucky they are milder...

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Thanks David I will certainly give that a read, I'm not seeing my consultant until April 2013 so I will see how he is with me then. Do you mind me asking you one more question? The cramps I'm getting with no blood or urgency are related to my UC? I do have a bowel movement and the craps do pass...

thanks for your feedback :-) I think I will change consultants I'm not getting the correct care. I didn't realise it was a treatment option thanks for that advice. How often would I need it or does that depend on blood test? And yes I do pass the asacol whole but this doesn't happen too often...

Hi David and angry birds, thanks for taking the time to help :-) for my UC I'm taking asacol (1 tablet three times a day) I'm also on cyanocobalamin three times a day, ferrous fumarate 210 mg to take for 6-12 months, folic acid tablets once a day and forceval once a day Which is a multi vit. My...

Hi I'm new to this forum, it will be nice to be able to talk to people who are in a similar situation as me, I don't really talk to friends about my condition I don't really see the point. Here's my story. I'm a twin :)) and we were both born 7 wks premature 30 years ago. I started with an...