Continual flares and vomiting

I am seeking help. I was recently diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. Since being diagnosed I have had a continual flare but have also began vomiting. I have had to go emergency room twice due to anemia and tachycardia. I am taking apriso and prednisone as well as pain meds. I have constant pain on my left side. I can't eat anything except rice, toast, broiled salmon, and cream of wheat. I used to be ok with dairy but now it makes me sick as do eggs. The doctor wants to change my meds but I am not sure what the next step would be. Unlike most of the posters here I dont suffer with diarrhea...unless I eat the wrong thing. I am terribly constipated. Laxatives dont help. Any advice would be great.

Sorry to have to welcome you, UC can be a butt kicker most of the time. At least we know that there isn't anything tougher than yourself to kick your arse? :)

The vomiting, when this happens, do you have any pains in the stomach region?

For anemia, how do you tolerate liquid iron or the tablets? I take yellow dock root supplement for it 3x a day but you have to be careful of high liver enzymes. Secondly, when/if you can tolerate vegetables, spinach, sun dried tomatoes, and collard greens are some greens that contain iron.

Next step would be other mesalamines such as Asacol HD, Lialda, etc. I'm not sure how far your inflammation is but for me, the working regimen medicine wise is Asacol HD 6 pills a day, mesalamine enema and Uceris (which is a steriod like Prednisone but coated differently).

No advice on the constipation. Maybe a minor blockage?

Hi Mommy,
I'm not an expert on the medications so I'll just relate my experience with food.
Cream of wheat and toast have gluten and some of us get sick from that. You might try a gluten free bread.
But rice can be constipating too.
Jello really helped me when I was at my sickest. Even the crappy, sugar free, jello went down okay.
Apple juice was good.
And chicken broth -- the organic stuff that comes in a box was really, really helpful.

Hope that helps a little bit.

The iron pill can be constipating as can a pain med if it has codeine in it. The pred can cause irregular heart beat (it did for me) and also can make your stomach hurt too. Many people take a PPI to help with that like prilosec or zantac. I would suggest getting on a rectal med at the very least. Seems like your being under treated if you whole colon is affected. I would get in to see your GI as soon as possible.