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Are you sure that its not blood from an internal hemmoroid? I am in remission, but sometimes when I have eaten something I shouldn't have and have an increase in poops I will have just a bit of red blood on the tp as you described. Just a thought!

Hi Valerie, I just use Nutren 1.5 made by Nestles, in vanilla flavor. It provides pretty good nutrition, at less than half the cost of an Enteral, if you shop around on the internet. I know that's not the normal liquid diet, but it's simple and effective for me. I hope you find some relief real soon.

My Canadian pharmacy sells it generic, $89 for 100 3mg pills.

This link is quite informative re; subtypes of UC...   http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/218627/the_subtypes_of_ulcerative_colitis.html?cat=70

Sometimes  dealing with this DD is like being lost in the jungle , behind enemy lines without a compass. All we have for guidance through the mine fields is ,,Gabby,, the crosseyed parrot. You may also call him ,Doc . When times are bad its good to have friends on the two way. Thanks for answering my calls and sending help. May you all have a happy Thanksgiving . Avoid the booby traps  concealed as...

Hw embarassing is that poor bloke! made me laugh though Bev x

I was on entocort for awhile (about 5 months) and never had any negative side effects either than a bit of a swollen face... it was really good for me. I'm scared of the harsher ones :(

This last time I was in the hospital I realized it was a little strange going home after being in the hospital for 12 days. You get used to someone always being there when you really needed help, and strangely you get used to people coming in and out of your room. Like you said, all the sudden you're suddenly quite alone. I got home and freaked out a little, thinking something might happen and they weren't just down the hall within...

I found the following tonight that says blue dye can be dangerous to us.  Now I don't know quite what to think except that this really needs to be researched.  Nice to know I may be hurting myself here to make my stomach feel better.  I think I will quit the test for a while and see how I feel.   Certain critically ill patients with altered gut permeability , such as those with sepsis , burns, shock,...

Oh no, sorry to hear that. Try to keep positive thoughts, I know it's hard sometimes, you'll beat this. *hugs* *hugs* *hugs*