u/rp51

Recently I have been flaring, with massive abdominal pain, bloating, diarrhea, weight loss, the whole 9 yards. I have gotten the first two loading doses of skyrizi, on week ~5 of treatment.

I’m feeling slightly better, but I still have bloating and abdominal pain causing me to be super sluggish.

When did your guy’s skyrizi start to kick in? How long did it take before your symptoms were gone?

We’ve been dating 1 year and 1 month..

During the weeknights, I get off work at a different time than my girlfriend. On nights that I am busy, she consistently hangs out with her single male roommate, doing fun stuff like paddleboarding, sailing, boating (they live in a rental on the lake). Always a good time. Recently the cumulative time those two spend together has been more than I spend with her myself.

She says she loves me deeply and has eyes for me only, but I can’t help feeling like I am sharing my girlfriend with her roommate. She says he is just a friend (of course) and I don’t think she’s slept with him or cheated. Whatever activities they do sounds like a blast, and I would do it myself with her if I didn’t have responsibilities of my own.

But we never end up doing things like that, because we don’t ever have as much time together and recently the time we do have is spent talking and enjoying a meal or cuddling.

It feels horrible having another guy entertain her and do fun activities with her the moment I am busy doing my own thing. I don’t think asking her to stop is the right thing to do, but I don’t know how to stop feeling so angry and jealous that she essentially has an “on call” 2nd boyfriend that gives her attention and a good time.

TLDR: Gfs roommate spends more time with her than I do, he is a single guy. She swears she’s loyal to me and the hangouts might be more of a convenience thing. But it still makes me feel awful, like I’m having to share.

How do I address this?

We’ve been dating 1 year and 1 month..

During the weeknights, I get off work at a different time than my girlfriend. On nights that I am busy, she consistently hangs out with her single male roommate, doing fun stuff like paddleboarding, sailing, boating (they live in a rental on the lake). Always a good time. Recently the cumulative time those two spend together has been more than I spend with her myself.

She says she loves me deeply and has eyes for me only, but I can’t help feeling like I am sharing my girlfriend with her roommate. She says he is just a friend (of course) and I don’t think she’s slept with him or cheated. Whatever activities they do sounds like a blast, and I would do it myself with her if I didn’t have responsibilities of my own.

But we never end up doing things like that, because we don’t ever have as much time together and recently the time we do have is spent talking and enjoying a meal or cuddling.

It feels horrible having another guy entertain her and do fun activities with her the moment I am busy doing my own thing. I don’t think asking her to stop is the right thing to do, but I don’t know how to stop feeling so angry and jealous that she essentially has an “on call” 2nd boyfriend that gives her attention and a good time.

TLDR: Gfs roommate spends more time with her than I do, he is a single guy. She swears she’s loyal to me and the hangouts might be more of a convenience thing. But it still makes me feel awful, like I’m having to share.

How do I address this?

Hey guys, 26M here and in his worst flare yet. Feeling extremely bloated, and cannot poop more than a tiny volume at a time, and very bloody and in pieces when it comes out. Seems like the inflammation has made it so my poop passes through a pinhole in my gut. Is this normal for a flare? Pooping 10+ times a day.

Colonoscopy on Tuesday and doc says no prednisone until then. So here I suffer :)

I’ve just lost effectiveness of TNF inhibitors (my hunch is it is due to the biosimilars being duds), been to the doctor and he recommended skyrizi as the next step. Anyone had success with this switch?

TLDR: pooping 10+ times small volume very bloody, is this normal for a flare?