Well, here I am again not feeling so good. I kind of knew this was inevitable.  Been stressing too much and working all hours and travelling almost every week for work for the past 5 weeks.  I have three more weeks of travel ahead of me and this past week my UC flared up big style. Called my doc who put me on Prednisone again - he is not happy - does not want me using prednisone and wants me to manage my UC with a long term fix......surgery.  This terrifies me.  I've had UC for 13 years now so being on and off prednisone really isn't a good idea.  Also what scares me the most is the whole cancer thing - I think about that almost every day.  Oh well. Normally I would try to treat the flare up by taking good care of myself, making sure I eat right and take a few supplements.  This time with all the work stuff going on I kind of needed a quick fix. I'm really disappointed to be back on the steroids.  I'm still taking Asacol - I never miss a dose yet I do seem to have a flare up every 12-18 months now.  I once had a period of 2.5 years without a flare up - wish I could do that again. When I began the prednisone about a week ago the diarrhea got much worse.  Then the bleeding got worse mid week.  Today there appears to be no bleeding but I still have diarrhea.  Fingers crossed things continue to improve.  I'll start some probiotics to try to help with the diarrhea. I'm feeling really emotional....think I could cry about anything - hopefully just a side effect of the steroids.