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I got on prednisone a week ago, a low dose because I had taken laxatives for constipation, which I think caused diarrhea. I also had a bad fissure from said constipation but because I'm switching to a biosimilar drug I thought it was a flare up. Now everytime I go to the bathroom I compulsively check my shit for blood, regardless of how small. To the point where I'm agonizing for like ten minutes over some speck that I'm not even sure is blood, but it haunts me. My antibody markers are perfect for the new drug, my inflammation was very mild when I did a calprotectin test, I just feel like I'm losing my mind. I need to stop checking so compulsively but I keep thinking that every time I go to take a shit, it's gonna be the one and a large flare will break out.

I'm noticing some blood again when I go. I got an poop inflammation test back and it's slightly elevated, so I think there's something going on but the cuts I have are making it awful. No matter how much water I drink I'm constipated. Laxatives make me cramp, I think I'll have to take pred for a short time and see if it clears up but has anyone else gotten bleeding and mucus from constipation and fissures? I'm not convinced the disease is back quite yet, it's always bright red and feels like I'm shitting glass. when the laxatives worked the bleeding stopped as the stool became softer.

Hey everyone, I'm a 20 year old guy, and I've had ulcerative colitis for almost 5 years now. With medication I've gotten to a point where I am pretty healthy to my knowledge but I've wanted to have some sort of an intimate experience for a while now. Regardless of whether it's a hookup or with someone I know, I want to do this in a way that's safe for us both, but so I don't wake up one morning to find out I have two life-long immune diseases to deal with now.

I don't know if my doctor is really affirming or helpful on these topics and I don't want to have her possibly mention it to my parents in the future, who I am dependent on financially. Is there some way I could get advice from people with this condition or from some sort of gay-friendly medical association on whether taking PrEP would be safe for me, as in not cause a flare? Thanks a lot.

I'm beside myself, my doctor has been battling the insurance for close to a month and a half now, they've got nothing to say but denials for the medication I've had success on for close to 3 years now. Did a peer to peer which they said yes on but the insurance rejected it, now time for appeals. I reached out to Abbvie to try and get on the program where you get a low cost for a year if you qualify but it's not really a guarantee. Chances are I'll have to start over again. New medication, new period of waiting, back to checking my shit with a goddamn q tip. Fuck this place. Fuck it in its dry unlubricated asshole

I wonder if anyone has had the same experience as me. I changed insurance a month ago, and the new insurance is insistent on making me switch to a biosimilar, which I tried a few years back and had a horrible reaction to. Now they're denying the medication I'm currently on. I'm scared at this point, I haven't had any bleeding in a year and I just want to stay on the med that works. My doctor scheduled a peer to peer with them tomorrow, and I'm wondering how long it will take for them to come to a verdict and what my next steps are. Do I have any leverage in this situation?

It seems like they all just monopolized or something, if you want a movie that the precious 3 servers and their 500 clone sites can't do without buffering worse than a 1G internet connection you're shit out of luck.