When do you go to the hospital???

So after the Remicade infusion Tuesday there was no miraculous recovery which I was kinda hoping for. I finally ate some rice and scrambled eggs tonight. I ran to the bathroom as usual. I figure it was good to get something into my system. The Glucerna nutritional drinks do the same thing they just don't act as fast because there is nothing solid in my system. Anyway my doctor told me Wednesday that there was nothing he could do to treat me at home that I should be admitted in the hospital for IV fluids, nutrition, and steroids. My question is why can't he just up my steroids? I am very tired from not eating a lot but I guess I don't understand why the hospital would be the next step? I told him that I wanted to finish out work this week and then see how I am feeling and go if I don't feel better. I keep hoping that I will feel better, the next day or the next few hours, but I feel good for a while then the same old routine in the morning. I wake-up about 3:00ish in the morning with cramping and frequent bathroom trips then I get into a hot shower for about a half an hour or so then I dry off and sit on a heating pad, take Tylenol, then get ready for work. I work all day with milder bathroom trips and cramping. I come home and it starts all over again. What would you do if you were me?

Give yourself permission to slow down , either take some time off work or let them admit you to hospital .

The stress of pushing yourself is doing you more harm then good.

I went for a year having 6-10 bms before leaving for work in the morning . Having since experience improvment, after being off work for some time and trying many different treatments I can honestly say that I would never put myself through that again. You need relief , rest and nutrition in order to gain control again.

Take care of yourself , and accept the help when offered.

I went to hospital twice during my last flare. On both occasions I passed out after a BM. I was dehydrated and had not been eating well for 1 week at that time.
I stayed in the hospital for 6 hours and got IV during the first hospital visit, feeling much better when I went home. For the second time, which was 1 week later, I saw a GI specialist there. He put me on prednisone IV and then sent me home with a script for prednisone which saved my life. (It was a Sunday and I couldn't find my own GI doctor.)