Once off flares that knock you out for a day with fever etc.? How to get over them?

Hi all,

Today I was coming back from the shop, all good, and suddenly had extreme D urgency.. and being a hero and hating mess, tried to 'hold it in' until I got back home. Unfort, that action gave me a flare so bad when I finally got to the toilet, I was knocked up in pain with a fever and shaking for the rest of the day.

Does anyone ever get this? If so, how do you get over it??

I could only take panadol/codeine, and then later used Colifoam (pred) enema I had handy, and buscopan to stop the shaking.

Any tips for getting over that? The fever is going down now 5 hours later.

Also, anyone taking Colifoam long-term?? (I normally use it for a month or so, then stop.)

Happens to me a few times a year I guess, apart from the usual small daily episodes of UC everyone deals with. Knocks me for a six.

Thanks heaps..
Dean.