Frequent Blood in Stool - Low Iron

Hi, Sam. Are you bleeding from cuffitis? If so, is it being treated?

I don't know what's causing the bleeding. 

That would be worth figuring out and treating, I think. Do you think your doctor knows what’s causing the bleeding?

I know I need to go to the doctor.  The reason I haven't is because I feel like I'm at a doctor every other week.  

Make sure you get scoped and not just given antibiotics. What colour is the blood? I was bleeding for 4 months and my GI just kept giving me cipro. Turns out it was crohns, pouchitis and cuffitis all at once. Doing better on remicade and methotrexate now. Scope is the key.

Dark red.  I'm making a doctors appointment today. Can't wait to get scoped!

Dark red blood is bad, you should be prepared for bad news. That means blood is more likely from your small intestine.

When i say bad news, I mean maybe crohns. 

I know. I've been researching and that's what I'm eyeing as well. I'm preparing myself for it. 

samlc25 posted:

I know. I've been researching and that's what I'm eyeing as well. I'm preparing myself for it. 

Good luck! Let us know what happens. I just don’t know what else it could be. But I hope it’s not Crohns. 

Thanks. Will do!

Hi Sam, I had a few years were I had several haemorrhages with bleeding. The only way I could stop the bleeding was to cut out all sugar products, I even cut out fruit. That was 10 years ago and I have now added in a bit of fruit but for me it was the sugar that was the main culprit.