Feelbetter,
When the meds failed me (prednisone did nothing, and I was intolerant of the mesalamines), my doc told me I had 2 choices:
1) surgery
2) biologics
I refused both and found my own way. AND have been in remission since.!
The reason I am telling you this is because you don't have to believe your doctor.
There are other things you can do to put you in remission.
Those things consist of diet modification, various supplements like slippery elm powder, l-glutamine, probiotics, and LDN, low dose naltrexone.
If you are interested, there are things IMO that you can control, which will have a direct impact on
your disease, the symptoms you experience and their severity.
I was able to control my UC into remission through various
supplements, probiotics, diet modification, and LDN , low dose
naltrexone.
For more info on the protocol which has put me into remission,
please go to this link: https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=38&m=1666318 , and look at the 11th post.
I hope you feel better and let us know how we can help
you.