mesalamine enema ( Pentasa/Rowasa) vs Pred enema

Hi guys,

I've been in a flare for 1month and half . My symptoms were constant diarrhea ( 6-10/day) with very little or no blood but a lot of cramping and pain + fatigue. All the doc did was increasing my oral meds from 4 to 6/day+ prescribing anti diarrhea medication which seemed to work in the first two weeks . in the third week symptoms re-appeared wid vengeance. What I found weird is that my the doc then suggested mesalamine enemas and told me if u diarrhea doesn't stop after only 3 days get on predni enemas. Of course Rowasa didn't work in 3 days ( I dont think it wld in a short period of time anyway) and I was immediately put on Pred enema for two weeks, which effectively stopped the flare. After two weeks of pred enema I stopped it only to c symptoms come back 4 days later.
I run to c my GI quickly reporting that today diarrhea re-appeared wid lots of pain and gas. All I wanted was to stop it be4 it gets bad again. ( I've been cut off the world for 2 months nd I really dont want that to happen again, I hav my work nd I hav a PHD that I want to finish...) just to find out my GI telling me that I came too early nd that I shld wait till there is looots of blood and more bms to take action!!!!!. And in that case she will put me on oral pred, she said. But For God's sake, that's what I dont want to happen!!!
what I did guys is take an appointment wid anoth GI which is next week. Meanwhile, I didn't wait as she suggested, I started Rowasa again nightly as well as suppositories. Its 3 days now. There is a little blood but not too much. And I am feeling am doin better after each nightly enema. Its slow but I dont really feel I need to jump into strong medication esp I am having moderate UC.

My GI wouldnt let me take action at the first symptom to prevent the flare. I also feel that she jumps too quickly into stronger meds without leaving me time to heal on the former ones.
What do you guys think?

I hav a question Is it OK to start Rowasa after being on Pred enema bec its what I've done. I want to giv my self time on Rowasa first which my GI didnt allow me to do and c if it works be4 headin on wid other meds.

Thank u guys,

UC Challlenger,

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