Not a Good Start To 2010

Not feeling so good.  Seem to be in a nasty flare up of UC.  It started in December but was manageable then last weekend the flare up kicked into overdrive - this coincided with my period. I took a couple of days off work this week just to rest and recoup - visiting the bathroom every hour is no fun at all.   Went to my GI on Thursday.  He prescribed a 2 week course of antibiotics and colocort enemas - yup, life is fun isn't it.  Anyway, the antibiotics are a new thing for me so I'm hoping these will work and I don't have to go the prednisone route.  The theory behind the antibiotics - is to kill the overgrowth of bad bacteria which 'may' have caused the flare up to begin with, at least this is how I understand it.  He also suggested I avoid potatoes, bread, pasta since this may contribute to an overgorwth of yeast in the system...at least that's what I think he meant.  Instead I was to try the BR part of the BRAT diet e.g.  the bananas & rice part to give the colon something easy to digest. Not sure how long I can keep up with just eating rice and bananas - I think only a couple more days until I crack.  I ahve also been supplementing with Absorb plus shakes - 1 per day which aren't too bad. Still taking the Balsalazide 750 mg 3 times per day.The antibiotic my GI prescribed is Flagyl (Metronidazole).