Dear HL and her DH,

I think you can pretty much assume that it isn't either the big C or ulcerous colitis. Neither of those would have disappeared so quickly, spontaneously, and leaving no scopable trace so soon after. There's a whole range of things that can cause abdominal pain and blood in stools, of which I think maybe just one more serious one (Crohns) that might not show on a colonoscopy. Your doc is doing the right thing by trying to check out all the serious stuff first. If none of those shows up, and nothing else pops up as an answer while checking those out, then you can safely wait til symptoms arise again ... which they may never do

Just in case Crohns turns up on the upper endo (I'm assuming Crohns is another of the possibles your doc is checking out), I can mention that my DD and I are both doing fine. She's symptom free now on a maintenance medication plus a daily "dose" of yoghurt. I'm nearly symptom-free and tweeking my meds to get there. Today we're heading out for a ride together. She's prob'ly in great shape as she's been training all winter for the ALC (San Francisco to LA) which is in just over a month now. I've been training indoors and don't know how I'll do out on the road again, but did a spin on her bike last night to get the saddle height right and boy, did that feel good So ... Crohns is definitely to live with once you get it under control. And I think that's about the only really serious disease left that you doc hasn't eliminated. From there on, you're on the lighter end of the scale as to seriousness of disease.

Oh, and if you go ahead and book your Norway trip now, when would you be making the trip? And what would you be planning on seeing? Any chance you'd come up to my part of the country and do a ride to H*** and back?