While I have not yet been diagnosed with anything specific, signs point to Ulcerative Colitis. Hopefully when I go to the Mayo Clinic, this will be made clear. Here are a few fun facts I learned tonight:
- Ulcerative colitis is a form of colitis, a disease of the intestine, specifically the large intestine or colon, that includes characteristic ulcers, or open sores, in the colon. The main symptom of active disease is usually constant diarrhea mixed with blood, of gradual onset (ouch)
- Ulcerative colitis occurs in 35–100 people for every 100,000 in the United States, or less than 0.1% of the population.
- Ulcerative colitis has no known cause, there is a presumed genetic component to susceptibility.
Wanting more? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulcerative_colitis
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As for an update on how I'm doing. I would say I'm getting better, but I'm still up multiple times per night as I am right now. I'm on four 10mg Prednisone pills per day for until I'm better.
I have 25 days to get better for Vegas :)
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