Colitis / Prostatitis

1.5 years ago I was "diagnosed" with abacterial prostatitis. I started taking some natural remedies and did a candida cleanse and it eventually went away after 4 months. I attributed it to stress and moved on.

Now, 7 weeks ago, I started getting abdominal cramps and diarrhea 1-3 times a day in the morning. I saw blood after about 3 weeks and went to the doctor. I had a colonoscopy last week and pictures showed some ulcers in my sigmoid colon and some inflammation in my upper left and traverse parts of the colon. I have rarely had problems after noon and on weekends it is much better than weekdays.

My question is...can the prostatitis diagnosis and colitis/ulcers be connected in any way, or is this just a weird coincidence? My GI took several biopsies and I will find out more this week.

side note: I got very sick a month or so before the prostatitis started last year with a gastrointestinal virus/infection that was worse than I ever had in the past. So the time line was...

Virus/food poisoning - 1 month later prostatitis symptoms - 4 months later symptoms are mostly gone - 1 year later diarrhea and abdominal pain starts - 7 weeks later colonoscopy shows some ulcers and inflammation

This is very confusing, so I would appreciate a thorough answer...thanks.

[CalGal]

Adam, how were you diagnosed a year and a half ago? What tests were run?