I went to the hospital the other day because of some bleeding and pain that felt similar to a UC flare. Painfully similar. They did a sigmoidoscopy and found on ulcer on my rectum. Does this mean I have cuffitis?
I know it's a silly question, but reviewing my hospital papers I see I don't have an official diagnosis. It says "The reason you were in the hospital: GI Bleeding." It doesn't really specify. The medication I'm taking is a suppository called Canasa. I remember I had bad stomach cramping when I had a bad flare, but wasn't that in my colon? I'm having dull pains above my belly button and sharp pains around my the left side of my stomach's scars. I think that may be scar tissue because there is no more bleeding after two nights on Canasa.
I take high doses of medications because I developed a tolerance for almost all meds (or maybe I just don't absorb them as well, I don't know) after my surgeries. This helps to stop diarrhea but as I recall during a UC flare you're not supposed to take anything to slow it down. Also I do have a fissure and it hurts to push too hard, is there any effective pain relief that doesn't plug you up so much? I've recently heard of Lortab and was wondering if it's any more effective than Vicodin since it is available in syrup form.
It feels good to have an answer to the big question--why am I bleeding after three years without a colon--but of course it also gives me more questions. I see my primary tomorrow, she's wonderful but doesn't know as much about J-pouchers. The soonest I can get into my gastro, however, is later next week. So anything I can find out until then will be helpful! Thanks for reading!