Beat: MURDER IN THE TOILET (possibly NSFW, definately gross)

[Artsemis]

geezus dolt is awesome, i need to use it more

[Quicksilvre]

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Ask him to be more gentle next time.

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BE MORE ORIGINAL YOU DOLT THAT WAS USED TWICE ALREADY

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[Quicksilvre]

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I have found that it isn't so horrific once you figure out what you can and cannot eat.

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QFT. When I'm between relapses I'm fine.

Diet-wise, I've cut out all raw fruits and vegetables except bananas. The only cooked vegetables I eat are green beans and potatoes. I avoid all fried food...mostly. I'm not above eating some potato chips if I'm feeling well; they haven't affected me the way fried chicken or pork chops do. I don't eat as much dairy as I used to, especially milk and ice cream, so I take calcium pills to make up the difference.

Basically, except for the fried food and ice cream it's nothing that I miss horribly, and now I have a great excuse to not eat my vegetables [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[ebepse]

i eat whatever i want and its not that bad when i'm on medication

[holland3r]

I used to work in a digestive cancers lab. Generally, if the blood is bright red there's nothing to worry about -- the blood is oxygenated and has therefore come from near the anus from like a fissure or hemorrhoid or something.

If the blood is dark, however, it has come from somewhere higher up in the intestine and could be a symptom of GI cancer or precursor legions -- oh noes!

[Quicksilvre]

UPDATE:

Got my prednisone. My doctor wants me to take 30 mg a day (10 x 3 times a day). Hopefully this will improve me enough to concentrate on school, which starts on the 27th. I'm not doubled over in pain and I don't necessarily think I'm getting worse, but the on-again off-again cramps and pain made the weekend (esp. Saturday) fairly unpleasant.

[Quicksilvre]

UPDATE #2:

Prednisone has done nothing for me so far. I'm now up to 40 mg/day (the maximum for me) and I'm still getting cramps, blood in the water, etc. It's actually not coming very often (only once every other day) but it's enough to alarm my doctor. He's made it clear that this is the end of the line for me; any sort of downturn here means IV steroids/hospital/end of semester.

My God, this sucks.

[LOLDONKBETZ]

u probably have cancer...

[ROADHEAD]

do some research on Anal Fissure

[Aces McGee]

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i eat whatever i want and its not that bad when i'm on medication

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Same for me. I have UC and have never noticed what I eat affecting it. I'm lucky to have a pretty mild case, though.

-McGee