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    Consultant won't put me back on medication!

    I had surgery for an ileostomy back in January and apart from a little bleeding from my rectum ( which could be from my fistula) I have no intestinal problems.i do however have awful mouth ulcers which I have been consistently getting worse since surgery and is normally a sign of bad things to...
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    Brown mucus from rectal stump since using asacol enema?

    So I had surgery about 2 months ago for a sub- total colectomy and I am left with a stump that is currently flaring. I started on asacol foam enema's yesterday ( twice a day) and I am able hold them in okay ( which is getting easier). However when I go to pee several hours later some of the...
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    Asacol enema & brown discharge from rectal stump?

    So I had surgery about 2 months ago for a sub- total colectomy and I am left with a stump that is currently flaring. I started on asacol foam enema's yesterday ( twice a day) and I am able hold them in okay ( which is getting easier). However when I go to pee several hours later some of the...
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    Proctitis? UC? Crohns? extremely heavy bleeding, help!

    I'm a bit fed up! I am currently diagnosed with indeterminate colitis and a little over a month ago I had a total colectomy with an end ileostomy and rectal stump. Everything with my ileostomy and upwards is fine but I'm having so many issues with my rectum/anus. I had my colon removed because...
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    What causes the mouth ulcers? Confused!

    I was just wondering what causes people with crohns to have multiple recurring mouth & throat ulcers? Is it the actual disease in the mouth? So they are the same ulcers that we would get in out small intestines and colon etc. Or are they a symptom of the disease being elsewhere in the body...
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    Mouth ulcers after surgery with Minimal active disease?

    I've posted quite a lot over the past few weeks as I am having a really horrible time post surgery and I now have another issue I would like your opinions on please. Mouth ulcers have always been the hallmark of when my disease is acting up. Before I had surgery 3 weeks ago I had about 30 large...
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    Mouth ulcers reappeared after surgery and getting worse! :(

    I've posted quite a lot over the past few weeks as I am having a really horrible time post surgery and I now have another issue I would like your opinions on please. Mouth ulcers have always been the hallmark of when my disease is acting up. Before I had surgery 3 weeks ago I had about 30...
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    Pain after abscesses drainage?

    Today I had some unexpected surgery to have a perinatal abscesses drained. I suspected it was there after seeing my surgeon today ( I had ileostomy surgery less than 3 weeks ago) he decided to put me under and drain and pack the abscesses. I am now back home and I have been told that I am...
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    Rough recovery from surgery

    I had an ileostomy done on 20th of this month and for the first few days while I was is hospital everything was going great and on the up. But since being back home I seem to have countless issues and I'm just getting a little scared and upset that I don't seem to be getting better anymore...
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    Currently on no medication at all. Doesn't seem right?

    Since my diagnosis a little over a year ago i have been on almost all the medications availiable that have worked to some extent but not enough to get me well which resulted in a really bad flare up over new year and eventually losing my colon this past Wednesday and having an ileostomy. I am...
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    Declined badly. Feel rubbish. Any else similar symptoms?

    I was diagnosed a little over a year ago after 2 consecutive hospital stays. The first time was calmed down with iv steroids but then I declined when switched the oral and was back in 5 days, eventually leaving when I was successfully put on infliximab. Last January was the only time I didn't...
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    Dark stool, no pain or blood?

    Hi, Ive recently been diagnosed with Indeterminate colitis after getting very ill before christmas and being admitted into hospital with a colon full of ulcers. Luckily, i was classed as in remission a few weeks ago (yay) but i have recently started noticing that my stools have become very dark...
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