- Location
- New York
I'm new at this so here goes nothing.... I'm an 18 year old boy, a senior in high school who was taking multiple AP classes, working at least 2 part time jobs at at time and volunteering almost 20 hours a week at national ski patrol. I was planning on going to the air force academy and recently got accepted.
however, none of this really matters right now. back in October I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis after being very sick for a few months. I was put on prednisone and it started to get under control. I thought that colitis was just a minor inconvenience and ddnt realize how bad it could become. in January I started to flare up again, but like I said I did very little because I didn't realize how bad it could get. I ended up in the hospital by the beginning of February for anemia, malnutrition, dehydration, and exhaustion. they said I would be there 4 to 5 days and then should have reached some sort of remission, after 12 days in the hospital with little progress I went home and started taking more medications.
I am currently on prednisone, asacolec, canasa, mercaptapurine, iron supplements, pro biotics and percocet for pain. the pain for the past two weeks has been nearly unbareable and I don't seem to be getting better with all these medications, and if anything the pain is getting worse. the bleeding hasn't gotten bad since I was in the hospital though. I am currently missing a day or two of school a week, had to drop some classes, I can't play on the tennis team I am a captai. of, and I'm out sick from work so I am not making any money, plus I found out I can never be in the air force.
so what I am looking for here is just any advice. I can't get through a day without percocet because of the pain, but I am really trying to avoid the biologicals. I'm new with the whole colitis thing so I'm just looking for ideas. any medications, or just things to help get through the day that anyone can recommend. also another problem has been the dietary issue. going from a teenagers diet to that of someone with colitis is hard, can anyone recommend snack food that doesn't hurt for the times that I'm not so nasueous that i can actually eat.
sorry for such a long back story I'm just looking for help....and sorry if I misspelled anything too badly I'm on my phone.
however, none of this really matters right now. back in October I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis after being very sick for a few months. I was put on prednisone and it started to get under control. I thought that colitis was just a minor inconvenience and ddnt realize how bad it could become. in January I started to flare up again, but like I said I did very little because I didn't realize how bad it could get. I ended up in the hospital by the beginning of February for anemia, malnutrition, dehydration, and exhaustion. they said I would be there 4 to 5 days and then should have reached some sort of remission, after 12 days in the hospital with little progress I went home and started taking more medications.
I am currently on prednisone, asacolec, canasa, mercaptapurine, iron supplements, pro biotics and percocet for pain. the pain for the past two weeks has been nearly unbareable and I don't seem to be getting better with all these medications, and if anything the pain is getting worse. the bleeding hasn't gotten bad since I was in the hospital though. I am currently missing a day or two of school a week, had to drop some classes, I can't play on the tennis team I am a captai. of, and I'm out sick from work so I am not making any money, plus I found out I can never be in the air force.
so what I am looking for here is just any advice. I can't get through a day without percocet because of the pain, but I am really trying to avoid the biologicals. I'm new with the whole colitis thing so I'm just looking for ideas. any medications, or just things to help get through the day that anyone can recommend. also another problem has been the dietary issue. going from a teenagers diet to that of someone with colitis is hard, can anyone recommend snack food that doesn't hurt for the times that I'm not so nasueous that i can actually eat.
sorry for such a long back story I'm just looking for help....and sorry if I misspelled anything too badly I'm on my phone.