heya dusty cat, im on pred only at the mo and at a 20mg per day dose, was at 4 times that when the narowing was at its worst,at the lower dose when tapering down i had about 6 weeks of near normality when i got down to the 40 mg so stuck at that til i was to see the consultant again, but i was "forgotten" lol, that was back in may, when he did tell me, we will get you with a bag yet, lol,to me its a case of not wanting one because its not needed , just one area thats affecting me, and because theres a small spot at the lower end of the large bowel, he said that that cant be cut out either or left there if the were to do a resection because the lower area would burst, yet ive being passing stuff as if ive been eating cement dust with every meal and breaking wind like a trumpet fanfare, in fact goin out of my way to eat beans, mushy peas etc, as for ending up with a stoma im not the type to put up with the cons of having one, this is why i want to get things ready for the next appointment next week as to see if they will or wont cut out the narrowing at the hemicolectomy ares or if i have to go to another nhs hospital 80 odd miles away
thanks, george.