flare up for too long

hi everyone, new to this forum. diagnosed with UC last oct 2006. hospitalized for 3 and half weeks. was sysmtom free until feb 2007, started to get blood and mucous on stool. however still formed stools and no real change in bowel movements. i took a break in between jobs in july this year for six weeks (sept, last month) and was sysmtom free-ish, the odd bit of blood.

however now, when i started my new job, my symtoms appeared once again minus the mucous, jus blood on the stool and toilet paper, sometimes enough blood to blot the toilet paper. 2-3 (4 rarely) movements a day, normal formed stool.

not so sure what to do, i've eat healthly, drink plenty of water. i take my meds without fail.

any advice out there? or whether or not flare ups last this long? i only had really had 5 months sysmtom free since diagnosed!

Cheers!

Could it be hemorrhoids? If you've not had a big change in stools and they're still formed... no pain or cramping...?

i am on 175mg azathioprine, 800mg Asacol 3 times a day, multivitamin and cod liver oil. i have slight pain on my lower left side, not much though. i have a follow up consultunt appointment as the hospital on the 30th oct, so will see how that goes!