Recently diagnosed: Any advice?

Hi James sorry to hear you going through your illness. When I had my colonoscopy after I had been pooping blood for a few months I could see visually on the screen that there was mucous puss bleeding in my bowel there and then I was diagnosed with UC. Did they confirm it with you too? I have to say though it was a slippery slope for me from that day on but u may respond to medication better if it is UC you will be a guinea pig of various meds till they find what meds suit u. In my experience u can have irritable bowel along side bowel disease I know it real sucks if u have both so the diet will have to play apart for you too. Rice is good for me on a flare up, pasta veg grown under ground , sour dough bread only keep low fibre , coconut water is good , dyoralite to replace your salts, bovril! Bovril does wonders and u will have fatigue if you do have UC u will prob start to find u will take longer to recover from a run too. Sorry for waffling but I have 7 years of tips! 

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Hi I was diagnosed 6 years ago with ibd ...IBS...  UC..symptoms  upon diagnosis  were frequent  toilet visits red blood in poop and tissue  often tummy cramps  nausea  tiredness  this all came on over a period  of around three  months till I had all the cameras  which confirmed  this awful disease  was then given steroid suppositories  had to use for 6 weeks not nice at all also was given a tablet called asacol which helped tremendously  took around 2/3months  till went into remission which lasted a few years just a few minor  flare ups after this .then the trouble  started my meds changed  to octasa they were ok at first but now I.m into my 4th month  of a flare up and with this covid thing my specialist  appointments keep being cancelled  and I'm  becoming  really worried  spoke with my gp who  on looking up my poop tests which I took in November where  active and not been followed  up he contacted  my specialist  and managed  to get me an appointment  all be it via phone on 25th this month here's  hoping