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Thanks both. I've calmed down a bit and am now thinking I'm just going to have to wait and see. The GI is pretty sceptical about it being Crohns and I've had no problems with weight loss etc. I've got the pill cam in a month or so, and an endoscopy at some point (haven't had the appointment...

Thanks eleanor_rigby, it's really useful to hear other's experience. I don't take NSAIDs having used them too much post the birth of one of my children and developed a sensitivity to them, i.e. they made my stomach hurt. So I haven't taken any now for about 6 years. The ulcers were found right...

So is it the case that you can be diagnosed simply through assesment of symptoms and a raised calprotectin? Without any confirmation through biopsy or blood tests? Or do they need to see something in your gut through the pill test/MRI/endoscopy? Sorry, I think I've asked this question already...

Does taking a drug to suppress your immune system mean that you're more vulnerable to other illness/infections? Think I'm going to need to do some more reading up! Jane

They did say the ulcers were quite small. They're going to do a pill cam test and an endoscopy (mouth down this time) too. It's really confusing! Does a Crohn's diagnosis mean you have to take medicine? It seems like a really imprecise way of 'diagnosing' something. Meaning it seems like a...

Thanks for your replies. The doctors said the ulcers might have been caused by the laxative they gave me for the colonoscopy. It's really interesting you say that biopsies can be negative, as I had assumed because the biopsy was negative, that therefore the laxative must have been the issue...

Hello, I am very new so apologies if this is in the wrong place. I've been having tests for IBD for a few months. I've had a colonoscopy which was clear apart from a few small ulcers (biopsies of which were clear), and an MRI which was fine. I've had two calprotectin tests, the second of...