Hello all and thanks Phil for your comments, much appreciated, well I attended my appointment and it went far better than I could have hoped for, I asked lots of questions and got mostly positive answers, firstly he increased my Asacol granuals from 1g per day to 3g per day and left the dose of suppositories at 1g per day, he gave me some laxatives to hopefully deal with the constipation then to my amazement he told me to continue eating what I had ate preveous to this flare including fibre products, he told me it was ok to have a social drink 'within reason', he stated that 1g of Asacol granuals was just a maintainance dose so not enough, I can only assume that he thinks I'm all but over this flare. I'm to continue the medication and wants to see me in 6 months time, he's sending me a management pack out including a contact IBD nurse should I need help or want any questions answered, he did point out all the possible outcomes from the best to the worst senarios.
I have to say my moral is very high at the moment and I'm hoping to continue to improve especially when I've got this constipation sorted out.
I'll keep in touch and continue to read your comments in the hope that I may be able to reassure someone newly diagnosed or indeed any of you good people as my journey progresses, best wishes to you all, regards, John.
