suddenly flaring

*This is kind of a rant... just feeling crappy and knew you would get it and relate.

ugh. I feel awful. I'm not used to being stuck at home, and missing my exercise. Was in 'remission' for about 4months and now within a few days I'm in a pretty bad flare. It came on so fast. On the toilet more than I was off of it today. I started almost immediately doing enemas and canasa suppositories at night. Been trying to look back at the past few weeks to see what could have contributed to it. I have been 90% gluten free. One area that has changed, is that I started eating a lil more sugar. And I went out to dinner a few times bc it was my bday and I had relatives in town.

What do some of you do when at the start of a flare, that helps decrease symptoms/ or shortens flare up.?

-like I said above, I just started with enemas and suppositories. A few years ago i used to go on prednisone, but had done several bouts of it, in short amount of time so dr said no more.

-food now: applesauce, ritz crackers, ...??

I hope you feel better. When I flare, I start Canasa and eat as light as possible. I'm not really hungry anyway when I flare. I try to keep the stress levels down as much as possible. That includes stressing over the flare itself. I look at it this way. You are flaring, why stress about it. Take control, do what you have to do to get it under control as soon as possible.

when i flare i will eat small things and not alot , stay away from caffeen and i will buy baby food if it is really bad , sometimes just resting and doing breathing and mind excersises helps take your mind off it . every body is diffrent food wise when it comes to what works and what doesnt for instance i can not stand to eat corn so ive not had corn in five years and i have a constant battle with milk , if you think your body can handle but are not at absoult then dont eat it , i drink tea with or with out sugar but suguar is not some thing that affects mine it could be other ingreadients the only way to truly know is to test around and stick with what you know is going to work ive had uc for six ,seven years give or take and it can change on you as you age i belive because when you have something like uc you have to be intune with your body to determine what works for you. hope you feel better

sara adams ~ since thirteen with uc whole colon , later diagnosed as left sided .
currently taking sulzasline 500mg , stumach relaxer and pain medication