Ulcerative Colitis

Re: Ulcerative Colitis

Pippa Louise — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:01:51 GMT

I did do hun, but they don't really seem too interested. I had never been admitted overnight into a hospital and they put me on the surgical ward - people kept crashing!! Scared me lots! Think I'm gonna go back soon maybe tomorrow. x x

Re: Ulcerative Colitis

Brogan Proud — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 23:59:09 GMT

oh thats awful hun - sounds like your having a bad time with it. what ever it is.

yea its supposedly genetic but theres no real hard proof yet just coincidents(sp!)

hope you find out whats up! did you mention in the hosp the UC?

Re: Ulcerative Colitis

Pippa Louise — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 23:28:32 GMT

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Awh thanks :)

Chris' Granda also had UC but was VERY old and sadly died in hospital after an Op. not sure which op it was. this goes through Chris' mind when hes in hosp but he understands the age difference obv makes a big difference.

its such a cruel disease and strips peoples dignity although its not that well known yet.

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Apparently, it runs in the family. Which kinda scares me as I've been having a lot of gastro problems - beginning of February I felt so ill with terrible stomach pains and couldnt keep food down as it was burning my stomach and intestines. I left it for a day, but the next night, I stayed at a friends house and within an hour, I had gone from being able to keep a biscuit down to not even being able to digest water - it just came straight back up. So I drove to the hospital (risky but I didnt fancy going by ambulance and leaving my car!) where they admitted me and said they thought it was gall stones. I was in for 4 days, cannulated and put on a drip, the mere mention of a catheter made me move quickly though lol. Anyways, I had an ultrasound, chest and abdo x-rays and a bugger load of bloods done but they were inconclusive the only thing that was showing abnormal was my WBC (whte blood cell) count. It was 16 :\

I was let out of hospital on day 5, with the diagnosis of gastroenteritis and they gave me two types of anti-sickness drugs. But since then, I have still been having trouble with stomach pains and the same problem has arisen in the past 2 weeks with my stomach where it burns to eat and my abdomen is making me look like I'm 9 months!! I visited the doc last week and he put me on Metoclopromide for a week which has made it a bit better, but gave me mouth ulcers :( however now I have stopped the metoclop. it's coming back.

Sorry to take over your post by the way, It's just a worry with UC :\

x x

Re: Ulcerative Colitis

Brogan Proud — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 23:17:49 GMT

Awh thanks :)

its such a cruel disease and strips peoples dignity although its not that well known yet.

Re: Ulcerative Colitis

Pippa Louise — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 23:09:35 GMT

Bit of an age gap I know, but my grandma had UC. She now has an ileostomy but she has learned to cope with life. It can be very difficult at first, but the NHS teams are great with patient care for UC and will help a lot. I was about 8 or 9 (11 years ago) when my grandma went in for the op and was distraught at seeing her going down to theatre :( But it all ende d out ok and I helped look after her!

Anyway what I'm saying is I'm also here for you if you need to talk :) x x x x

Re: Ulcerative Colitis

Brogan Proud — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 22:56:05 GMT

Yea this is the exact same as Chris although they seem to be certain its UC. Diet seems to play a huge part init and hes has to avoid dairy much to his sadness as he LOVES cheese and milkshakes bless him!

Thanks for the reply. think i just needed to have a little rant as i have to be there for him all the time which of course i would never complain about or begrudge him but sometimes i want to vent and i cant to him as its his illness bless him!

xxx

Re: Ulcerative Colitis

littlehays — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:29:35 GMT

your story bears a stark similarity to my cousin's cousin (not related to me if that makes sense!). he's 23, in the army, and has recently spent 4 weeks in hospital - for about 6 months he was experiencing severe diarrhoea, which contained blood, and was losing a lot of weight - a good stone and a half i think by the time he went into hospital. he was put on a drip, had lots of extensive, intrusive diagnostic work done and the provisional diagnosis was ulcerative colitis. there was also a lot of talk about an ileostomy, but then he seemed to turn a corner in hospital. not sure what changed their minds but they have now diagnosed crohns disease. it's early days, but he has also been devastated at the thought of having to leave his job. not really sure where i'm going with this post, but guess i want to say that i understand how difficult it must be for both of you, and just offer a bit of support! i don't know a great deal about it all, but heard that diet can play a key part in managing the disease?