Your typical timeline of flare recovery?

Hello!
OK so, when y'all recover from a flare, about how long does it take? I saw a few people post here once that typically the blood goes away first, then frequency, then urgency, then you'll finally get regular formed stool. In your experiences, about how long are you stuck at each stage? Like, three weeks to get rid of blood, another couple weeks to get rid of frequency, etc?

I'm asking because I'm trying to determine whether my current medicine regimen is worth continuing, or if I should ask my doc for another option. I've been flaring since June, and I'm a month and a half into my first biologic experience (Humira every two weeks, just recently upped to every 10 days). Blood has gone away, but I'm still having to go 5-7 times a day with urgency. I kinda feel like I should be farther along in recovery. I sure would like to be able to go somewhere besides work and home (too anxious about potential accidents to go anywhere else). Or should I be more patient and count on the frequency/urgency going away with more time?

THank you in advance! Happy Labor Day weekend!

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Humira every 10 days
Rowasa every night
Probiotics including Lactobaccilus and S. Boulardii
Vitamin D
Digestive enzymes

The butt rules the game....depends on how much involvement in the colon, healing downwards to rectum and then the rectum
healing. All takes time. My experience is only with 5ASA oral/rectal and involvement up and into sigmoid. Any flares now are very mild and limited in the rectum. It took me 3 years just to get the hang of using the enemas and noting symptoms....plus another 5 at least to treat earlier at more subtle symptoms.

One increment of healing changes perspective because it's not as bad as it was...so complacency can take over until it gets worse again.

The learning process is subjective, and if you are one who wants it done quickly....the learning is ignored. Think the tortoise and the hare....your symptoms as a flare heals can be the symptoms you will experience when a flare hits after remission. Subtle changes that are consistent and not attributed to food variables.

Patience was the word my doc continually used....if you get through this flare at the healing pace you're at, you should see improvement week by week.
Track your symptoms, note the improvements and changes in bms, abdominal and rectal discomfort, etc...because once the inflammation improves, symptoms will change and sometimes hurt more....especially with formed stool through a still flaring rectum. White knucklers are a special treat.

Stick with the Rowasa nightly. You might want to ask the doc for steroid foam to use during the day for an added boost.

Are you on oral mesalamine as well?

Hang tough and be patient. Keep us updated and ask questions. There's enough experience here with varied meds to help.

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I think you need to be patient, but there is no specific course that flares follow. I've had shorter ones, and longer ones. My UC was usually a longer flare, sometimes 12 or 18 months, one never ended and I had to have surgery... Some people have much more mild symptoms thankfully.