Ulcerative Colitis, is my life over?

And what did our survey say…………..NOPERS!

Now time to play a game, it’s called ask yourself some questions, and then come up with your answers. I’ll go first:

• Question 1: Do you have any good friends with ulcerative colitis?

• My Answer: Nope

• Question 2: Did you freak out when they put the IV in your arm before the colonoscopy?

• My Answer: Yep

• Question 3: Did you sometimes have blood drops around the toilet bowl that you wiped up because it would have been BIGTIME embarrasing if others saw that stuff?

• My Answer: Yes sir

• Question 4: Did you ever feel like you were going to crap out your colon, and see it swimming in the toilet bowl?

• My Answer: Yes sir

• Question 5: Did you ever finish going to the bathroom and begin walking to bed, and then actually go right back to the toilet?

• My Answer: Many times

• Question 6: Did you ever just barely make it to the toilet in-time, 1/2 second later would have been an asstastrophe?

• My Answer: Yes

• Question 7: Did you ever have a hard time swallowing a steroid pill, and then have that NASTY taste in your mouth?

• My Answer: nearly daily

• Question 8: Did you ever act sicker than you really were for a hidden reason?

• My Answer: Yes, many times when checking into urgent care.

• Question 9: Did you ever forget what it was like to actually have a normal bowel movement?

• My Answer: Oh Yes

• Question 10: Did you ever think the thought that jumping off a bridge wasn’t such a bad idea?

• My Answer: For a few seconds maybe yeah

• Question 11: Did you ever eat some spicy Indian food and think that was the reason for the blood?

• My Answer: Bigtime

• Question 12: Did you ever sit in bed and feel like a worthless piece of nothing?

• My Answer: Yes, for several months

• Question 13: Did you ever wish this disease on your worst enemy?

• My Answer: Never

• Question 14: Did you feel confused with all of the treatments you had been through?

• My Answer: Very confused

• Question 15: Although things weren’t working medically, did you still like your doctor?

• My Answer: Yes, most definitely, invited him to my wedding celebration

• Question 16: Did you sometimes disagree with your GI doctor?

• My Answer: Yes sir

• Question 17: Did you like the nurses at the doctor’s office

• My Answer: The best

• Question 18: Do you hate the guy who took your blood and left a hematoma?

• My Answer: It’s still there a year later, want to karate chop him in the nose

• Question 19: Was your 4 day visit to the Mayo Clinic helpful?

• My Answer: Skip

• Question 20: Do you look at yourself differently now?

• My Answer: Yes

• Question 21: Do you value your life more than years ago?

• My Answer: Yes

• Queston 22: Do you bleed anymore?

• My Answer: No

• Question 23: Do you go through 1 roll of toilet paper a day still?

• My Answer: No

• Question 24: Do you eat chocolate chip cookies daily still?

• My Answer: NO SIR

• Question 25: Do you drink alcohol still?

• My Answer: Nope

• Question 26: Are you OK with that?

• My Answer: Yes

• Question 27: Do your parents still ask what you can/can’t eat?

• My Answer: Yes, all the time…

• Question 28: Do you take any medications for UC right now?

• My Answer: Nope

• Question 29: Do you like your new diet?

• My Answer: It’s fine, used to it now

• Question 30: Are you ready to bicycle 2000 miles in Croatia again?

• My Answer: Not yet, but soon

• Question 31: How about another bike trip to Argentina?

• My Answer: Take it easy buddy, its going to happen!

• Question 32: Do you still think you can do anything?

• My Answer: Pretty much, minus some food

• Final Question: Is your life over?

• My Answer: Yes, I need to go to bed, I got a big day tomorrow.