Thanks, Heather and everyone else! And, Kimbo, thanks for sharing your email address. Here's what my doctor found:
During the colonoscopy, she took a tissue sample and had it biopsied and it showed "mild acute colitis" - she didn't use the term "ulcerative" but from what I've read, there's really only that kind. The colon is "healthy" - no stiffening, no polyps, no cancer.
She put me on Asacol and wants to see me in 10 weeks from the date of the colonoscopy. That will be my first meeting with her to discuss the diagnosis / treatment / prognosis. I'll ask her about the other med, Kimbo.
Actually, I'm a little scared now, especially after reading Heather's information. I don't know how to reduce my stress level - I just got a job (temp to perm, the call center position I mentioned earlier) and will start Monday, April 7th. I must work to support myself - and I don't have a lot of skills. Also, I have been having a few panicky episodes lately - was agoraphobic in the 90s, but, praise God, the panic is virtually gone. I'd really just like to ask my grandmother to "support" me for a while so I can go back to school and learn a skill that will let me get a job with great benefits, including disability. And, get the rest of my physical health in a little bit better shape! I've actually lost about 12 pounds in the past month since I started following Heather's guidelines - but I've been so tired, I just eat the same thing: Rice cereal with rice milk, baked potato w/soy butter, baby food fruits, Progresso chicken and rice soup, baked chicken breasts, applesauce, cornmeal mush slices with pure maple syrup, and, of course, bakery French bread. I actually look forward to my Citrucel drinks, but now, after what Heather said, maybe I shouldn't be taking that???? I would like to add some other foods to my diet but I'm afraid to - I can't miss any days of training (four weeks) so I don't want to cause a flare! I love baked / broiled fish and was thinking about adding that.
Having said all that, I want to "Trust in the LORD and lean not on my own understanding." I want to "acknowledge Him in all my ways, and He will direct my paths." (paraphrase from Proverbs 3:5-6). I will also have my friends pray for me and will be asking for a group of people to lay hands on me and pray for healing (which can come Divinely and instantly, or, in the form of modern medicine - however God chooses! He is my Creator and he knows exactly what's going on in my body - He is Jehovah Rophe, the One who heals and makes whole. He also sends wonderful people to encourage me!)
God bless all of you, and I'll keep you posted as to what my GI doc says. Any further comments would be welcome! 
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