Is this Remission???

 

Hello,

Other than the occasional pain which I had posted earlier, I've been feeling pretty good for over a month now. I have been off of prednisone for a couple of weeks too so I'm wondering if this could be considered Remission?  When I get up in the morning I usually have a large bowel movement...lol. It's solid though with no blood but it is definitely an unusual amount. My weight fluctuates from about 168 in the morning up to as high as 174 in the evening on a regular basis.  My weight prior to being diagnosed was always around 180 so it's not a huge difference plus I am eating an extremely strict healthy diet whereas I used to be a junkfood junkie. Anyways, I'm going to the bathroom 2 times a day sometimes 3 with no blood and only occasional D. Is this remission or should I only consider it remission once I gain my weight back and am feeling completely normal???

 

Sounds like remission to me! Maybe get blood work done to check your inflammation level.

Do you have urgency? That's my main thing...NO URGENCY! I have pretty loose poop from time to time, but it's totally diet based...and a normal diet thing. Like, if I eat a lot of beans or a lot of berries, I'll have loose poop. But that's my normal, pre-UC response.

And honestly, what equals "remission" is quite different for all of us. I just wanted the urgency to be gone....number of BMs wasn't too important, so long as I didn't have to make a mad dash to the bathroom (and so long as I didn't wake up at night because I needed to have a BM). Consistency wasn't important, either...I personally don't feel it's necessary to have super-formed poop. I never really have...maybe it's because I drink a lot of water and eat a lot of fiber???? I am really happy to only have 1-2 bm's a day and am aslo glad that they're almost always relatively formed. To me, it means that the inflammation is calmer than what I might have lived with otherwise.

There's also clinical remission (based on symptoms) and endocsopic remission (based on a c-scope). It would be nice to have endoscopic verification of my symptoms, if there were an easy, no-prep-required way to do so, but I'm happy with clinical remission!

Sounds like it to me!
As Fruitgirl said, there's symptomatic remission and microscopic remission. My GIs have always put more emphasis on symptomatic remission - if I feel good, they're happy.
I always go several times a day, even in remission. But my life is no linger ruled by it: no blood, muscous, urgency, horrible frequency.... sounds as if you're there!
Enjoy!