Below are the complete list of stories that have been submitted by users of the website. They are mostly written by ulcerative colitis patients (UC’ers), but there are also some stories from parents, family, and friends of UC folks too. Some stories are about the initial diagnosis while others are about hard and sometimes happy times that follow after you know for sure you have UC.
My GI doctor said that to me once. I think I had told him that I just want to live a normal lifestyle. If you have Inflammartory Bowel Disease (IBD), you probably want to be normal again as well. Well, I had to face it, I do have to do things differently than people who don’t have IBD and, although I have suffered for a long time,… Read More »Paul, you are not normal
I am from Jordan I have been diagnosed with multiple ulcers in my colitis back in 2003 and it’s moderately active, but for two years before my diagnose I suffered from the symptoms not knowing the reason , bleeding, lost of appetite ..etc So when I was first diagnosed I had a name for my weakness at least which I thought was normal and I… Read More »I have a UC and Keeping my Secret
I was diagnosed with UC March of 2009, but my story begins much earlier than that! When I went to college in the fall of 2003, my food palate expanded to all sorts of new foods in the school’s cafeteria. I soon realized that I couldn’t eat certain foods because they caused me to have really bad gas (how awesome is that to experiment new… Read More »My Story
Have you ever wondered if it’s OK to eat salad when you have ulcerative colitis? I think everyone asks themselves this question. I sure did. For me, salad is a big part of my weekly diet, and yes, I’ve got UC and a colon.(and a colon that knows how to take hard normal craps too, and a colon that is medication free since Oct. 2009) … Read More »Eating Salad with Colitis
My name is Carol , I am 52 and live in West Dorset by the beautiful Jurassic Coast. ,.I have stumbled across Adam’s site whilst looking for more information. I am still waiting for diagnosis, having had biopsies taken 10 days ago, my appointment with the gastro guy is 6 April…the word colitis was mentioned during my endoscopy. I thought maybe I had internal hemmoroids,… Read More »the symptoms so far…