Weird short flare?

So my weird flare which started on the 22 July, apparently triggered by the 'push' megadoses of vitamin D3 I was prescribed, seems to have got better, touch wood. I'm completely confused by this. At the beginning it was unmistakably full-on UC, foul smell, evil cramps, many many toilet trips of B & M, accidents, urgency, tenesmus, etc. I cut my diet down to nothing but soft boiled easy-to-digest veg, chicken & eggs & rice, started vaping, drinking vast amounts of water, taking a packet of VSL3 a day, around 6g of l-glutamine and other probiotics at random and it started clearing up, and now all seems normal and all UC symptoms are gone. I even had a migraine at the weekend and took migraine meds that usually upset my gut even when not flaring, and it was fine.

And I ought to be jumping up and down with glee, but it just seems so weird - my last flare lasted two years. So if you were me, how long would you keep with the restricted diet and the VSL & LG for? And has anyone else had a very short flare?

I'm glad you've improved. Flares come in many sizes, from fun-sized, to hell-on-earth, and many variable sizes in between. I wouldn't question it, rather be grateful this was a little one.

I always air-on-the side-of-caution and keep up the treatment for at lease 2-3 weeks before changing anything. You want to be truly sure uc is dormant before shaking things up to soon and too fast. Only change things slowly one-at-a-time, don't suddenly do everything completely differently. As if symptoms return, it's better to know what was actually helping the most (and if you stop everything simultaneously then you cannot tell).

worriedUCer - I had no idea flares could be short, it's a huge relief to know that it might really be over for the moment and I can go back to my morning college class when it starts without spending most of it in the toilet.
IamCurious - my food diary from the last long flare has been pretty helpful with this one. Good to know other people are coping without meds.
ipoop - your sigs always make me laugh! I shall take your excellent advice and keep everything as it is for the moment, maybe trying a few mild extras like watermelon and live yogurt - I probably need to eat a little more, I've lost 14 lbs in the last four weeks.

Thanks folks. This board is a life-saver, I was so glad I had it to come to :)

:D thanks soy. I will do my very best to ensure its ass stays kicked for as long as possible!