Ugg, pretty disheartneing

Well, it finally happened. After all this time I thought I would skid by, I finally had an accident and even after reading alll these friggin posts I still didn't prepare myself. Luckily I was close enough to my brother's apartment where I was able to change and stuff like that. I must say it was pretty depressing and feeling like I had just regressed to childhood days. I just has a question. I mean I was starting to see some improvements. I have been in a tapering process and now am on 10 mg of Prednisone from 40mg. i have one week on 5mg and then that will be it. I started seeingg a little more blood in my bm's but not too much. Now that I got this cold the other day things just went haywire and I had almost regressed back to the point right before I was admitted to the hospital. This sucks. I was back in the gym again, hanging out with my ffriends and now this crap, no pun intended, starts up again!!

That all sounds about right for me. Just when I think Im getting a hang on this, Im having an accident. Thats about how it works for me. But some foods seem to upset it. Or for me I just got done with a really bad cold. And some of the meds I take Im not going to do again because they really seem to upset my UC. All I can say is that all of it is one big pain in the butt lol.

thx, sweetpea17

Don't sweat it.... I know, it does suck! It's a heavy mental trip, no doubt. The other night I was in my garage, smoking a cigarette.... felt the urge.... next thing you know, there it was! In the pants. And this is no more than a 30 second run to the bathroom- I paused to think about it, & it turned out I really did have to go after all!   But it sounds right for you- between tapering pred & having a cold, UC tends to act right up. You may want to stay at that 10mg dose for a couple weeks. Even with the occasional accident, I think I'm doing pretty well these days. I've resigned myself to those accidents, every now & then.

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diagnosed with UC '02

I am sorry this happened to you  

I have been having a horrible day today. I've been to the bathroom at least 10x with D and cramps. I am scared to leave the house because I fear I might have an incident.

Don't get down on yourself, it happens to all of us. You will get a handle on this.

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Diagnosed with proctitis in March 2007 - Treated with Canasa 2x Daily

Thanks guys. I really do appreciate this. I think now I should prepare myself a little better. Apparently my super hero powers don't work ;)

[sicklygirl] hope yyou feel better.

- A

so sorry please call your GI and let them know you're bleeding. Please feel better.

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Moderate Pancolitis

Can you get a call into the doctor and request rectal meds to help the rectal inflammation/urgency?

You could also add a fibre supplement to hopefully help bulk up stools.

I had urgency this past recent flare..in the mornings and evenings (depending on what/how much I ate) If I wasn't home I would have had a hard time clenching my butt cheeks. I didn't have any urgency when I was out, however, thankfully. But I was home during the worst of it.

I've never totally pooed my pants yet, but have had slight accidents just before the sit down...but I'm "afeared" to do so.

q

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I am actually calling my GI tomorrow just to get things in order. Ironically I haven't gone to the b-room in like 6 hours which is a godsend. I can't believe I get excited about how long I can go w/o using the toilet. The excitement is much the same level as it is when I was a kid during christmas time. Thank you all for your responses and words of wisdom.