So, its the weekend and I'm leaving on vacation to Spain tomorrow and of course my UC really feels like its flaring up. I had stomach cramping and gas the past 4-5 days, I just thought I possibly had an upset stomach (even though I had been eating really bland all week). But now yesterday and today I have that pressure right at the bottom of my rectum - likely inflamation in there although I see no blood with my BMs. My BMs also haven't been normal since Tuesday morning. I also have an on-and-off again pain in my lower left abdomen,the usual place where most of my inflamation is. It isn't constant at this point, just every so often. I also generally just feel achy and weak and my joints are hurting.
Of course now its the weekend and I can't call my doctor. I'm on 5mg of Prednisone right now. My next step would be to start Methotrexate, although even if I talked to my doctor he wouldn't have had me start a new med right before a vacation anyway. I'm fairly certain he would up my Prednisone again although I can't remember how much. Should I just up it on my own? I know I have instructions written down somewhere from when he had me do it a few months ago. Hoping I can find those before I leave. I think he had me go to 30mg for a day, then 20mg for 3 days, then 15mg and I stayed there till I could see him. The last time I felt my best was at 10mg, I'm wondering if I could go back to that?
Any advice appreciated, I'd sure like to be able to enjoy my vacation!