What the Colitis is that?

So, moving away a little from the Ankylosing Spondylitis to a different part of my body here. Do you remember a few weeks ago I had a very invasive procedure known as a Colonoscopy? Well, at the time they said they couldn’t see any indication of any problems causing what was happening, but took some biopsies to find out if there was any underlying issues there. A few weeks went by and I hadn’t heard anything from them so I waited. Then a letter arrived. Rather than them sending me the results through the post they had booked me an appointment with the specialist who did the procedure. Instant panic stations triggered inside my already paranoid mind wondering what they had found.
Eventually my appointment came round and I sat in the hospital waiting room. The specialist came out, Dr Mackenzie, a lovely man who remembered our conversation about him having the same name as my son. I went into the room with him and sat down. Feeling nervous. He explained about why they took the biopsies and what they had found. He said I had a condition called Microscopic Colitis. A kind of inflammation which is what is causing the diarrhoea. I asked about the bleeding and he told me that there was no indication of that in the Colonoscopy so it’s being caused somewhere else. Something I will have to go back to the GP about. He prescribed me some steroids to bring the inflammation down and hopefully get rid of the diarrhoea all together. It’s only a three month course and I see him again in four so we will see if they have worked come January when we meet again. Fingers crossed! Otherwise it’s back to the drawing board…