High blood pressure and prednisone

Another new worry, I cannot get off prednisone. First time on Nov, 2009' 40 to 10 taper over 7 weeks, o
Took in little spurts i think just using left overs, over the next year, them on again summer '10, 40 to .5 taper over 8 weeks. Must have taken it periodically, then back on in April '11 at 20. Went off all steroids including hydrocort and tried Remicade after a 8 mo. Of 6 mp also. Flare increased to worst ever, tons of blood, 20 times a day abdominal spasms, by September . Went to hospital and was put on 60 pred, antibiotics still 6 mp and the Remicade infusion had had 2 at that point. Tapered by nov. while gettin 2 more infusions of remicade. Felt awful, which i think was oral flush that spread, issues from rem and antibiotics,but started to worsen uc so restarted at 20 pred to maintain until surgery. Stayed on 20 till jan ,12, and started to improve once the last dose of rem ended. Slowly slowly tapered and decided to hold off surgery, because I continued to feel much better, thought far from regular stools or remission. also restarted asacol hd, tried probiotics, gas issues I thought, and tried fecal trans when I was at 7.5 pred. Upped hydrocort suppositories at that tim because couldn't retain the fecal, stopped fecal due to retain issues and a vacation, but got down to .1.8 pred. By alternated 2.5, half pills and still felt decent so stopped fully three weeks ago, hoping the asacol was doing the trick. Well low And behold started increased urgency, accidents and diareah with some blood after fully stopping. So had some pred left and restarted at 10 a week, now 7.5and yes it got me back to bearable, once or twice during day, 4-6 from 7pm to 7am and small formed pieces mixed with bloody mucous balls etc.
So now my options are try the fecal again at home, which I am having a hard time started, but summer will be easier with the kids, diet or surgery. Oh yeah , tried scd summer '10 but symptoms returned when pred stopped so I gave up.
Anyway, always had low, good blood pressure, but lately it has been higher, so I am worried about that. Is that permanent, once I stop, also get rapid heart and palpitations too, though, seems worse after eating. Gosh sorry for the long history, but I am so worried and frustrated, hence typing this at three am.,

Thanks for the advice, do you still have the high blood pressure problems?

      Reading your post, my heart aches for you.  It is like deja-vu.

      I don't know your age, but I was 52 when diagnosed in 1998.  Over the years, I became prednisone dependent.  It gave me full blown osteoporosis, which I will suffer with forever.  As far as high blood pressure...OY.....at the time of my surgery, June 28, 2010, I was on three different blood pressure meds and they still couldn't get it lower than 216/110.  I was hospitalized for a severe flare and the BP in 2008.  My GI doctor NEVER suggested surgery.  You know who convinced me to go for surgery?  Suebear...yep.  Thank GOD for this forum.  I was on 6MP, Colazal, rectal meds (which I could NOT retain because of my severe ulcerations in the rectum), probiotics.  My doctor took me off the 6MP two weeks prior to my starting dose of Remicade (which failed after my 3rd infusion).  I then tried Humira...nada.  Prednisone also gave me type 2 diabetes and I had to take Medformin (not sure of spelling) for that!

     I am sooooooo happy to tell you that once off that poison, prednisone....my blood pressure is easily controlled with only one pill (25 mgm of toprol xl) a day.  On prednisone, I took Norvasc, toprol (50 mgm) AND benicar.  I no longer have diabetes either.  I went from taking 17 - 25 pills daily down to only one pill a day.

     Your condition sounds sooo familiar as to how much I suffered.  I had a total colectomy with end ileostomy and have NO regrets.  I feel great!!!  If you feel  you have gone through the gamut of meds and nothing is working anymore.  Do not procrastinate.  Seek out a good colorectal surgeon and have the surgery.  The surgery is not an easy one and, for me because of my age and deteriorating health before surgery, the recovery was long, but OOOOOOH so worth it.