It's easy to write off certain symptoms and put off seeing a doctor -- why one ulcerative colitis patients wishes he hadn't waited:
It’s difficult to live a normal life when you have to go to the bathroom that often. You’re always mindful of where the closest bathroom is. I’m a professor, so when I was at work, I made sure to use the bathroom right before my classes started. Once, during an exam, I had to leave class abruptly. I just couldn’t wait.
By October 2016, I was back in that same Sioux Falls hospital, only this time I was the patient. I wasn’t supposed to see a gastroenterologist until November, but my condition was worsening rapidly. When I told the gastroenterologist’s nurse that I was having as many as 10 bloody bowel movements a day, she instructed me to check myself into the hospital. There, I saw a gastroenterologist, who prescribed prednisone pills to knock down the inflammation.
Not even 2 weeks after my first dose of the biologic, I had my first blood-free bowel movement in months. It was glorious! The medication eventually put me into deep remission and helped save my colon. It worked well for a few years until August 2020 when, unfortunately, it stopped working. I began to experience abdominal discomfort and bloody stools again.
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