Hello, I am new here I have been going through some issues with my bowel movements recently and I have so many questions and concerns which my health care team are investigating, but its such a slow process I would like to hear from others.. Its affecting my life more and more as time goes on and I feel I have no one to talk to that really understands.
October 2017 I started to notice mucous and a little bright red blood on the toilet paper, and then noticed it was on my stools too. I gave a stool sample as requested by Dr and all came back clear. This has gotten progressively worse, I experience so much mucous now that I daren't pass wind as I have had an accident from doing so, the mucous is so much it could fill a cup or maybe more through out the day, the biggest amount comes in the morning. The blood has increased and there is now a lot of it, it seems to mix with the mucous but most of it comes once the mucous has passed. I feel I need to rush to the toilet often, thinking I may need a BM but its mucous - this occurs about 6-10 time a day. I have stomach bloating and cramps which have got markedly worse this week since my sigmoidoscopy. Ive had full blood count done twice, all came back normal. 2 stool samples both came back normal. Sigmoidoscopy this week which showed 'inflamed granular mucosa with contact bleeding and mucus to just past rectosigmoid junction. Rectum: inderterminate colitis'. I seem to constantly have had mouth ulcers over the last few months which I thought nothing of but have since read can be a symptom of IBD. I had biopsies taken during the sigmoidoscopy but I have been told I will not hear results for about 4 weeks... I called my local GP as I am in a lot of pain at the moment, and he commented 'oh its unusual the blood tests came back normal if you have inflammation' - I feel I am going to get fobbed off with IBS and have no real treatment plan or way forward other than taking buscopan and paracetamol and being told I have to put up with mucous constantly coming from my backside.... this is affecting my life in general, making me feel down, affecting my sex life as I am constantly worrying I will leak mucous during sex, giving me an unhealthy relationship towards food & making me feel very tired. I have a family history of Crohns disease, but I feel my symptoms point more towards Ulcerative Colitis or Proctitis - of course I will go by whatever the Doctors come back with as I have no choice, but if anyone out there has something diagnosed which is similar to my symptoms I would be grateful to hear, and know what helps and how life moves forward!
