I have ulcerative colitis - had it since I was 13 and I'm 48 now. Going for yearly check up's along with a proper diet I have been fortunately to keep it under control only having flare up's between 5 to 10yr's apart now. My brother has crohn's and he's 61yr's old - painful but his lifestyle is not as regimented as mine. He still eats the wrong foods and refuses to have ongoing medical check-up's.
It is manageable but watch for stress and other factors that create opportunities for the disease to resurface. At 19 I almost died from lack of blood with such a low blood count doctor's said that without me being forced into the hospital I would have had only 3 months left if not less.
Hit me up if you want to chat more on it.
But a quick answer
1: Is your Polyp´s spreading in the smaller intestines or are you free of it? I am not free of it but it hasn't spread.
2: What can you eat/not eat?
http://www.ulcerative-colitis.org/ul...tis_books.html
3: Fizzydrinks with alcohol is that a mutual problem or just mine? It is a mutual problem since the fizzy drinks will aggravate the problem along with milk.
4: Did they misdiagnose you with cancer as well? Thankfully even back in the 70's they knew right away what it was and gave me sulfur (long name so kept it short) pill's to quiet it down. I was told that if it kept coming back that I would have to wear a bag outside of my body for waste - but thankfully these past 35 years with proper eating I have avoided the worst case scenerio.