Recently diagnosed. New to this.

Just curious if you ingest any foods or drinks related to your kickboxing. There have been many people your age on this site who do workout and training for various things that ingest these foods, drinks, and other concoctions. There has got to be a connection.

Hi Lisa. Welcome to the forum. I'm glad you found it but sorry for the reason.

I'm also sorry to hear that the foam has not helped you much. Were you diagnosed with a colonoscopy?

You wrote that your appointment with your DR is at "the end of the month." Do you mean the end of May? That's a long time from now if you are still struggling with pain, bleeding, diarrhea etc. What are your symptoms right now?

You might find some symptom relief by following a low residue diet. You can look that up online, but basically it means eating little to no fiber. I know that's hard to do if you are athletic and have been listening to your parents and coaches about "eating healthy." But it is just for now, and it won't be "unhealthy" for you.

Yep I had a colonoscopy early April. Then I was told u have a thing called ulcerative colitis here's your prescription basically see u at the next appointment.
So I went to my gp last week and she asked how it was going, I told her I didn't think it was helping very much as I'm still bleeding etc and she mentioned putting me on an oral tablet instead but then said she couldn't because the hospital might not agree with it. So I asked what do I do during the time that I'm finished the foam and waiting for the appointment and she said nothing just ask them when u go in.
I feel like I don't know anything about it or what I should be doing so I asked her some questions and she said write them down and ask when u go in. Feel really uninformed so I'm very confused.

My symptoms at the moment are mostly a lot of bleeding and pain with on and off diarrhoea. Like I'm pushing through, I had a fight arranged for me before I was diagnosed and I still did it I'm determined to not have to give up even though it's really hard. But it would be nice to kinda know a bit about what's happening.

Thank u for the feedback. I'm fairly confused about it all

The best advice I can give you is to get educated on your disease. We're talking about a disease here with no known cause and no known cure and no known medicine which is guaranteed to work. Most doctors use a progression of meds. First they put you on the safest ones and if that doesn't work they move you up to the next level and so on and so on until they finally luck on one that works. No doctor is an expert because no doctor knows ahead of time which med will finally work on which person. It's all trial and error, luck of the draw. Will the first med work or then 10th med? In the meantime you are just the guinea pig. On top of that, most doctors don't mention alternative therapies like probiotics, supplements, and diet changes - many of which actually help but you have to go down this road yourself. Most of us who are successful do a combination of meds and alternatives, not just one or the other. Learn, learn, learn because all the doctors know is med progressions and don't even know which one will wind up working until it does. Every case is individual and different so you have to find the jigsaw pieces yourself regarding your own case and how to fit them together because the doctors don't work with all the pieces and only have half of the puzzle.

Lisa - My first GI (well actually his PA, only saw the GI for my colonoscopy) told me to just eat more fiber and I'd be fine too. FYI that's not how you treat UC. Also gave me some samples of Prilosec OTC which I didn't take because I didn't have acid reflux. I think the idea behind it is that fiber is supposed to bulk up your stool. So it makes sense to them to say well if you're having diarrhea, eat fiber to bulk it up. But it doesn't work that way. Fiber can be abrasive to the large intestine and actually cause more damage and pain for someone with UC.

Was steroid enemas the only prescription you got? They should have given you that, along with some sort of maintenance med to get you started. If you're not satisfied with your GI, see if you can find a new one. I'm on my 3rd. My first was when I was up at college (idiots who said more fiber), my 2nd was when I came home. I got an appointment with him and he put me on Lialda and then Canasa (found out I had mesalamine intolerance) and then he couldn't see me for over a month because he was only in the office like 2 days per week and was all booked up. This was when I was in extreme pain so I found my 3rd GI, he got me in that week and I've been with him ever since.

Nope I'm not in the UK. Yep the enemas was the only prescription I got.