Getting ready to fly

When I'm worried about flying, I don't eat and I always make sure I have the aisle seat. I wouldn't taper your pred unless you're doing really well.

Depending on how bad your urgency and frequency is, Try one, more, or all of the following.

Here's some tips:
-Imodium is a wonderful thing. Take it an hour before leaving. It slows the transit time of the intestine, absorbing more water. It doesn't stop urgency but it can reduce it.
-Anxiety/fear is the mind killer. Be prepared for the worst case scenario to ease your mind and anxieties. Have an emergency kit in your purse/backpack/carryon, a one gallon ziplock bag with tp, a change of underwear, and wet wipes.
-Skip caffeine before and during the flight, for some it increases urgency.
-Skip eating before and during the flight. Eating can cause urgency. The less you have in you, the less you pass out of you.
-Wear an adult diaper or have an absorbent pad down there.

Over the counter Immodium can help in a pinch. It really works well for me short term

Immodium makes me worse. This does happen to a lot of people so I would be careful. My GI is adamantly against taking it (I didn't listen to him one time and ended up in one of the worse flares of my life.)

I know this is unorthodox but I take a couple of drops of tincture of opium before flying. It sloooooooows down your bowels, is far more natural, and at that lose dose (literally two drops only!) you will not get high. I ONLY use this when I have to travel. Opium is powerful stuff.

Unfortunately, a lot of of GIs will not prescribed it. I got it from a psychiatrist I saw a few years go to deal with stress related flares. I don't see this doctor anymore but he had some very wacky approaches to diarrhea.

Welcome harto. This thread is talking about traveling for a holiday/vacation and tips to avoid urgency during it (skipping food helps then). However, on a day-to-day basis you've got to eat. There's no magic list of here's what everyone with uc should/shouldn't eat. Rather, it's extremely individual person-to-person. When we're flaring most foods upset our gut (keep it bland, non spicey, and well cooked). Once your uc flare is under control you should be able to reintroduce most foods. Some have good food sensitivity and avoid those trigger foods (again, variable by person and super individual).

If your uc is well controlled (3 or less bms a day), it's possible to regain weight by adding lots of extra calories (extra meals, extra servings, and extra snacks). It's a very slow process, but persistently eating more will regain weight over a period of weeks and months. If you're still experiencing bad uc symptoms, like many diarrhea episodes a day, then gaining weight is impossible until you heal more.