I was diagnosed in 2015
I was just 15 years old when I experienced heavy rectal bleeding, diarrhea and abdominal pain for a week. I went to a gastro and she scheduled a colonoscopy and endoscopy. It showed that I had ulcerative colitis. I was put on prednisone for months and gained about 60 lbs.
In 2017 I had another colonoscopy and I was back into a flare and had to do enemas and changed my medication. It flared up again this year back in July and I had developed bad arthritis from it which caused me to lose my job. I struggled with the arthritis until a couple weeks ago. I just had another colonoscopy two days ago. They didn’t see any ulcers but it was still a little inflamed but, it’s way better than before. I doubled up my meds and I have been on vitamins and supplements and I am a lot better.
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