15 hours pred free!

I finally stopped taking them yesterday / last night, and I feel good today. It seems the brain fog may be lifting.

Even just taking the 2.5 for the one day, yesterday I was able to work a 11 hour day without having to grab a 20 minute nap at lunch. Looks like I have another one of those today, and I feel pretty good.

Only 1 bathroom trip today, and no blood. YAY! I hope I'm not celebrating too soon. I have a "life after pred" telephone call with my GI tomorrow. We're going to continue the mesalamine enemas for a few weeks more just so we don't shake things up.

I'm looking forward to going to see No Doubt tonight and NOT having to worry about where the bathrooms are!

Glad you are off prednisone yay! Enjoy Gwen tonight!

Good idea to continue the Mesalamine enemas. It would also not be a bad idea to think about diet modifications... I would hate to see symptoms come back when you wean off of enemas.

I am on the SCD diet, I used it to wean off prednisone, haven't been on steriods in 6 months, and I am almost in complete remission.

www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info

There are also the Makers Diet, which is a book you can order from Amazon.

Thanks everyone! I'm probably going to go back to paleo, minus the big leafy greens for a bit. Before the UC I was eating really clean, no processed foods, grass feed beef, all that stuff, and when I got to the point I was scared to eat anything, I found pasta was ok. I need to stop the gluten though, and go back to something more anti-inflammatory.

I had also quit the VSL 3 for a week because I felt like it was making me bloat. I'm going to drop the number of pills and work my way back up I think.

Glad I checked this, it reminded me I need to call Costco for a refill!

glad to hear you're off prednisone. i m trying to taper off of it myself... currently on 20mg.

it feels weird seeing a post celebrating being off pred, while I'm exciting to be put on pred soon to stop my flare.

So glad you are off Pred! I had to go off and on it 3 times before I was able to actually eat. Good luck with it all!

Good for you! I hope this is the start of a very long remission.