I had symptoms of periodic urgent diarrhea for about ten yrs until I saw red blood at which time the MD said to get a scope. At that point, the pathology report showed “infectious process”, and I was given dx of UC. I was 58 yo.
I was treated for several yrs with no success, then last resort was a yr of clinical trial which also failed. Colon removed 2009 and after two months of outside bag I was reattached with internal J-pouch.
I am sure that I was in remission all my life and after menopause the UC became active. During the whole process, I became very weak with poor immunity. I got C. Diff after a stay in hospital. Judgment was poor.
BUT I survived and am back to “normal”. God is good
wow! Glad to hear you are back to relatively normal.