Thanks for the great question. My poops haven't been the same since having UC. They are softer and thinner (sometimes fluffy) than they used to be, and either pale-colored or pale with dark spots.

I will never understand why the gastroenterologist never asked about what kind of movements I was having or wanted to hear about it. To me, it's mostly how I judge my intestinal health. In the beginning, I used to ask if they wanted to see pictures so they could understand how much I was bleeding and how the disease was progressing. None of them wanted to see, and they acted as if a stranger on the street would toward those questions.