How long was you longest flare

My longest flare was June 24th 2013 to July 7th 2014.
I never went into remission once my symptoms started.

I got my colon out! :D

Gary 2-5 BM is still quite a lot per day. I wouldn't be happy with that. Are you finding it hard to put on weight as there can be no way your body is absorbing nutrients from your food very well of that's how fast your intestinal transit is. Maybe you need an increase in your meds or different ones??

Happychick: You're actually wrong. First of all, I usually never go more than 3 times per day but on a rare occasion I have a bad day. Sometimes I only go twice. Just yesterday I went two times with an over 22 hour stretch with zero. Even when I was doing worse I never had any trouble absorbing nutrients and for quite some time now I have really struggled to lose weight. I am about 20 pounds overweight. Just finished a lot of blood tests. Absolutely everything, including CRP levels was in the normal range. Cholesterol was slightly high. Doc actually put me on the South Beach diet for that and weight issue. I usually go twice in the morning and then I'm done for a very long time, going out in public with no fears. Can't remember the last time I had to poop out in a public restroom. It's probably been months.

Longest flare? about 20 years lol Remicade is my wonder drug.

First symptoms January 2000. Remission achieved in May 2012. Just had my first relapse in Nov. 2015, still working that out but only minor symptoms. Those first 12 years included changing GIs twice and GP once, adding a rheumatologist. It was a long haul.

Well i will stop my grumbling!! I have had this flare since beg Nov and i was worried it was too long to be simmering but i see now it could be awhile!

Good luck to you all and hope relief soon!

Before diagnosis I flared about a year and a half. I was in denial what can I say. I have flared two times since then, first flare got under control in less than two weeks the second time 3-4 months.

Years

Levi, you mean your GP didn't refer you to GI for 2.5 years? What was he thinking?

I was in a flare for about a year before I started remicade, but at the beginning it was just blood and some urgency. Then it turned into SEVERE abdominal pain, diarrhea 20+ times a day, urgency, I couldn't eat anything because it came right back out, went down to 92 pounds, that was about 8 months into the flare (which I wouldn't even call a flare after experiencing that) until I started remicade 2 months later and the remicade kicked in around the second or third month. So really just like 4 months of horrible flare, 8 mild.

This has been an eye opening thread. I thought that if you didn't det into remission as quickly as possible bad things happen. But it appears that most of us unfortunate souls never even get there. I an discouraged beyond.

I do believe they get harder if not impossible at each reocurrance.

Keep trying to get there though.!

There are many levels of flares. At my worst part of my flare I was going 20+ times per day with diarrhea, blood, and mucus. I still consider myself to be flaring but I live an almost totally normal life now. I usually go 2-3 times most days with no diarrhea, blood, or mucus. I can't remember the last time I used a public restroom because of UC. I wouldn't trade my life with anyone here who goes in and out of remissions, often using the higher tier drugs. In a way I prefer my "flare" to that lifestyle.