My daughter found out she has ulcerative colitis in 2012 at the age of 17. This has been a very difficult challenge for my family and obviously for my daughter. we have tried asicol, apriso and most recently Remicade. i think she may have had a reaction to the remicade, we are waiting for the test results to come back. we just went through and are currently going through what seems to be the hardest part of this disease so far. my daughter started getting pretty sick in january, more frequent stools, weight loss, a urinary tract infection. she also started to develope erethyma nodosum, a painful condition that causes large red bumps on her legs. they eventually go down, but for a few weeks she had severe pain in her ankles and ran a fever. i dont know and i am wondering if anyone else has experienced this? i dont know if the fever was from the remicade, the erethyma nodosum, or something viral. she was tested for mono, flu and strep all negative. i am her mom, my stress level is through the roof! i can barely function some days. i just dont understand why this happened and i am trying to come to terms with it. it is hard because she is now 18, and hard to control, what i mean is, i cant watch her every move. she does not take her medicine like she is supposed to and her iron level got so low her anemia is horrible. i am so frustrated and at times i get angry with her and tell her if she does not do what she is suppose to do then i am washing my hands of this and she is on her own! then i feel bad for saying that. i know my post is pretty scattered, sorry for that, just looking for someone who understands.