Advise on flare up?

i have been having a flare up with my colitis for about 2-3 weeks now. I have diarrhea, blood, blood clots, mucus, and gas! I hate it! And it's always worst in the morning! What are specific meals that you guys eat for all three meals and for snacks when you are flaring? I'm on prednisone, which makes me feel super hungry all the time. And the past few weeks I have been basically living off of oatmeal, bananas, apple sauce, soup, and scrambled eggs. I have also been drinking about 3 bottles of water and a power aid everyday to keep me hydrated! What are some other things that you eat when you are flaring? I know what foods to avoid! I just need some new fresh ideas on meals and snacks that won't make me feel worse!

Also, do you find that working out helps you get over your flare up or does it make it worse? The other day I was very active, and my next bm the next day was better than it had been for weeks! What are your opinions on this?

Before dropping the azathioprine were you taking any UC meds at all? UC is a lifelong chronic disease with no cure so you always have to be taking some kind of UC med, always, forever (can't take prednisone long term though). Very few can go without. It is almost always a mistake to quit because future flares often get harder and harder to treat and what worked before often won't work again or won't work as well so the best thing you can do is stay on the safer meds forever so you don't ever have another flare and have to go farther and farther up the med ladder. I'm not sure about the foods you mentioned. If I ate oatmeal, bananas, and apple sauce too much I would get worse.

food/diet as well as exercise varies from person to person because this disease is so individual it's all trial and error. Foods that you can tolerate might send someone else to the ER, same with exercising...I'm a big advocate for exercising and believe even just trying to go for a brisk walk on an eliptical or something is better than no exercise at all, but it's important to pay close attention to how your body is feeling from what ever you eat and after some type of exercising.

During a flare I eat mostly what you already mentioned. I like to toast white bread and dip it in applesauce. I make a smoothie with almond milk, banana, cultured coconut milk in place of yogurt. Sometimes I add applesauce or some vanilla. Chicken, tuna sandwich on white bread, mashed potatoes. Just walking on the treadmill will aggravate me in a flare. I mostly sleep.