Do I really need Humira

Hi all,
I just discovered this site, and it opened a new world for me, let me begin I’m 34yo and was diagnosed with UC about 5 years ago, my symptoms are actually different then most people I read about, I do not have the running to the bathroom so many times a day, it’s actually the opposite I get constipation and I see blood and mucus in my stools, when I was first diagnosed I got cortifoam and canasa, that put me in remission for about 3 years, since then I hadn’t had more then 6 months without flares, was only approved once for cortifoam by my insurance, so I got uceris foam instead, now I’m flaring again and my GI is pushing me to go on Humira, I read all the potential side effects about this med and it’s freaking me out, I am a worrier and knowing I might get cancer from taking this med, won’t help to much, besides all other side effects, my question is I am considering my self a pretty mild case after reading what many people go through, but somehow nothing seems to work to put me in remission for a long period of time, which my GI is saying that it’s very dangerous, is this the right thing to do ? Starting such a serious medication long term? I would appreciate any feedback.
(Sorry for my bad writing skills)

I have the same concerns about Humira... My problems are frequent bowel movements, soft not usually diarrhea, in the morning and a few hours after dinner. I don`t usually have blood and no pain but some discomfort from the suppositories. I average about 8 times a day now from around 4 to 5 normally..

I live in Japan and Humira is now available in Japan(where I live) but my doctor doesn`t use it. I`d have to change doctors but the side effects are scary...

I was very close to switching to humira a year and a half ago myself. I held out and added imuran instead, but I find that my disease is best managed with regular use of rowasa, have you tried that?

We're all initially concerned about starting a new class of medications, myself included.
What helped me greatly was learning about the odds of risks and benefits. What's the odds starting humira will make you feel better? about 65 percent. The most concerning side effect of these medications is lymphoma which has odds of 4 in 10,000 (or 0.04 percent) compared to 2 in 10,000 ( or 0.02 percent) for the general population. What happens to those who get the Lymphoma? 66 percent are able to put that into a remission and it's not a problem thereafter. So you're talking tiny odds which are nothing to loose sleep over.

The Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America is the source for these statistics:

https://www.crohnscolitisfoundation.org/sites/default/files/legacy/assets/pdfs/risk-and-benefits-transcript.pdf

I've been on remicade (a sister medication to humira) for 8 years, most of that within a remission. No side effects during that time.

I was 9 months into the flare from all unholy hell when I started remicade. Before that flare I was on lialda and rowasa. I suddenly was having 25+ bms a day, insane urgency, and multiple accidents a month. Added Prednisone, couldn't taper of without flaring, added 6-mercaptopurine and still couldn't taper off of pred, finally able to taper off of pred with remicade (remicade, plus 6mp, plus lialda, plus rowasa to achieve a remission).

Hard to say in your situation. You could try more mesalamine (4.8 grams oral plus 4.0 grams rectal-route via an enema). You could try adding 6mp.