Maintaining Remission Advice

You could consider rectal meds maybe once a week....have you tried them at all?

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A good probiotic can help get you through cold and flu season and keep your colon healthier year-round. Popular ones here are VSL#3, Primadophilus Reuteri and Culturelle.

Be sure you get the rest you need and try to practice not sweating the small stuff. Stress and tiredness can help trigger flares.

remission means living your life. so number one, don't obsess about the next flare (something I'm still learning to do five years in).

next, avoid binge anything as someone mentioned above-- don't go nuts with alcohol and sweets in particular. It stresses the colon lining, for whatever reasons.

eat healthy, live healthy, sleep well... take your meds religiously. if you want supplement suggestions, you can look at my signature.

Congrats on remission! Just be aware that you may experience cyclical flares around your period. I'm in remission and still get a couple days a month that give me trouble.

I suggest staying on your meds. Good luck with tapering off the prednisone.

I agree about avoiding sugar and taking probiotics. For me, if I eat sugar I will immediately flare and become very sick. So I know it makes a difference at least for me.

Also, I've found that bananas and potatoes are good foods to eat if I start to feel sick. I actually think they've helped prevent bad flares.

And avoiding stress as much as possible is obviously good for general health, but it is, I think, critically important for maintaining remission, at least for me. That'll be tough since you're in college, but I'd say just try not to worry about things that are out of your control.