Introduction: Hi my name is Brian, I am 23 years old and I was recently diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis in January of this year. What is unique about my case is that I had mono for two months prior to my diagnosis. As soon as I thought the mono was settling down I began to [...]

Intro: Hi everyone! I’m 26 years old and was diagnosed with UC on February 16th of this year. I am a student of Shotokan Karate, and am currently a brown belt working toward my black (hopefully this year!). Story: First of all, let me say that I am SO encouraged by everyone’s individual stories. My [...]

Intro: I’ve had colitis symptoms most of my adult life, but only in the last year has a massive flare-up with blood and so many near-misses almost crapping my pants made me go and seek medical help. I’m glad I did. What is different about me is that I’m over-weight. This seems out of the [...]

Intro: Hello everyone, I am currently enlisted in the Air Force and had a flare start up about a month ago. So I contacted the military GI and he had me come in right away. once I got there he sat me down, asked about my symptoms and proceeded to change my medication, told me [...]

You’ve no idea how glad I am to finally find people like me. Bless you all.. I’ve been finally diagnosed with ulcerative colitis last week after 2 years of endless suffering. I’ve reached to a point where I couldn’t hold it back anymore ( yeah I’m a 24 who craps her pants) and totaled lots [...]

HI, my names Vicki and I’m 28 years old and have just been diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis although they are still running tests. I have to go for an endoscopy in 2 weeks time. Ive been suffering for years with bowel problems but after passing out and losing a lot of blood my hubby made [...]

Hey all, I was recently diagnosed with ulcerative colitis within the past 2 weeks. Since Christmas time I started having stomach issues, and I tried to do things on my own to get better and nothing was working. Finally on January 14th, my symptoms were so bad that my parents took me to the ER. [...]

I’m a newly diagnosed UC’er in the military beginning a medical board (military maybe kicking me out). Possible Crohn’s? My Story: (I just have to get this all out) So I began having issues about 18 months ago, and never really paid much attention to it. I had PT in the early mornings and began [...]

Introduction: I am writing on behalf of my husband, who was recently diagnosed with pan ulcerative colitis. Interestingly, I also struggle with digestive issues, though different from his. I have Irritable Bowel Syndrome and gastroparesis (slow stomach emptying). It’s unlikely they are related, but still, it’s curious. The Story: My husband was recently diagnosed with [...]

I started noticing bowel irregularities, mainly diarrhea, in October of last year, and at first thought I was lactose intolerant (my brother and dad both are, my dad to a near violent extent). Cutting milk products out of my diet didn’t alleviate the symptoms, and I began to wonder if I was celiac or intolerant [...]