constipation with Colitis??

Both constipation and diarrhea are symptoms of UC; so are fevers, vomiting, nausea, abdominal pain, and a host of maladies.  The first 10 years of my UC were all about constipation, a trigger flipped in year 10 and then I suffered with 2.5 years of chronic diarrhea.  I also had fevers and vomiting in the last 2 years before surgery.  During my entire UC history I never once had abdominal pain as a symptom.  My GI could not believe, based on my scope and symptoms, that I had zero pain.  We are all affected differently with this disease.

Sue

Although I never had the 'official diagnosis' of colitis, they preferred to call it IBD back then, I had protracted bouts of constipation that lasted dangerously long (usually 7-10 days)  and then once the 'plug' more or less passed I had bloody-watery stools for a few days...I lived this cycle from infancy until my k pouch creation at 18. I have zero memory of ever having had a normal intestinal life. 

It got so bad that they actually tested me for Hershsprung's disease but the results were negative.

My k pouch was a major relief from a lifetime on a rollercoaster.

Not sure why it was alway an extreme but that is how it went for me.

Sharon