They definitely take awhile. My first time using them during a bad flare, I had to first use steroid enemas for awhile.. 4-5 weeks, and then transition to mesalamine. Even after that, it was well...
35/m diagnosed at age 30. So I've been dealing with a flare for the past month or so... it's responded well and is under control with prednisone and Uceris foam at the moment.. but last night and...
34/m diagnosed at age 30 with L-sided UC, years of struggling but finally in symptomatic remission for the past year or so. My bowels are the best they've been since I was a kid. Formed stools (2...
34 y/o male. After 4 years of disease activity, I believe I've finally come to a remission. I was diagnosed just after my 30th birthday via colonoscopy after several weeks of bloody diarrhea. I had...
Hello all. So I'm currently on Humira and Rowasa, and just now finishing a pred taper that I've been up and down on for well over 4 months or so. During the interim I've had a repeat colonoscopy...
Hello friends. Just a quick background; I was diagnosed with left-sided colitis about 3 years ago, and have been more or less in a continuous flare ever since. I was moved from oral 5-asa's to 5-asa...
I had a horrible case of C-diff. When it started, I went to the ER because I quickly became dehydrated. They didn't order a stool test or anything, just referred me to my GI and gave me steroids,...
Has anyone ever had their withdrawal symptoms from prednisone show up awhile after stopping their taper? I was on pred awhile the last time I was in a bad flare, over a month.. tapered down pretty...
thanks for the replies.. my doctor put me back on oral prednisone but a very short spell of 2 weeks.. I'm going to ask him during this time that I get tried on anti-inflammatory enemas. I'm pretty...
Just venting I guess.. I've been basically in a flare since diagnosis 3 years ago of L sided colitis. The only relief I've ever had has been while on prednisone. Otherwise I've gone through the oral...
I got started on a pred taper and Humira not too long ago, after being in more or less a continuous non-stop flare for about 3 years now of left-sided colitis diagnosed by colonoscopy, with my old...
Not sure how valid my experience would be, since brand name Lialda wasn't the most helpful drug for me; as my UC is the worst at the very distal end of my colon and rectum.. but it did something to...
I didn't start having any reduction in symptoms until days 4-5 of the vanco, but the frequency didn't calm down until around days 6-7. I only have a few days left on my course out of 14 and I'm...
Yep, that's exactly what I'm currently dealing with.. except I went 8 weeks without a proper diagnosis because steroids masked the symptoms that my doc initially assumed to just be a flare without...
I think I may have started in my early 20's. I noticed I was starting to have very minor streaks of blood on some of my bowel movements. At the time I had no health insurance, and was working full...
Thought I'd update.. sometimes I like to know how things went for other people; so maybe someone will get something out of what I'm going through too. Things were getting really grim for me...
So... I got diagnosed with UC in late 2015 and was managed fairly well, symptoms classified as 'mild' and definitely were not interfering with my life in a major way. I was upset but things were...