a lot of blood on the tissue

I was diagnosed with UC last June.
After leaving the hospital I was put on prednisone...going from 30mg down to 5 and then off. Now, I'm on and will always be on APRISO. All was good until recently. Now, I have a lot of blood on the tissue when I go. I don't have the runs and/or go often. I was put on Uceris, which isn't helping. Was also on the suppositories...which did not help.
Will be bringing stool sampes tomorrow.
I wonder if this is some type of flare up. I don't want to go back on the prednisone...although it did help.
Has anyone else experienced blood on the tissue?
Thanks
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I was seeing more than blood on the tissue this morning. Called the doctor and he's putting me back on pred...which I'm not happy about. The Uceris didn't seem to be helping. Brought stool samples n this morning and anxious for the results. I'm leaving town next week...staying at some friend's house.... and hope I don't have any problems. I'm not running to the bathroom at all...so, that's good.
The pred should "kick in' quickly, but other than my legs/ankles/feet swelling....I hope I don't have any other side effects. Been on it before and the blood eased. I'm also on Apriso.
I seemed to have been doing really well, until recently. Guess I'm a bit depressed at the moment.
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Yikes! I'm not encouraged now about returning to pred after reading what you said. It worked well after I came home from the hospital. This is my 2nd flare and it isn't too, too bad. Just seeing blood, but not running to the bathroom. I'm anxious to know what the stool samples show.
Heard about Fecal Calprotectin test. I don't know what that is and how its done and what it shows.
Hope you feel better.
Thanks
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