I had my latest gastroenterologist appointment a few weeks ago. Apparently Dr. Weber and I had a misunderstanding. He did want me to go on the Rinvoq, that part we were together on. But he wanted me to start back on the prednisone (which I did) and STAY on the prednisone (which I did not, but would have gladly done.) It was probably both of our faults, nevertheless, it was a frustrating miscommunication.
So he told me to wait a couple of weeks to see how my symptoms were and if necessary, start the prednisone again. My symptoms on Rinvoq are mostly better, but mostly is not getting me where I need to be. That is why I'm back on prednisone, hoping that will bring my condition more up, where hopefully the Rinvoq will maintain it.
My biggest problems right now are the marginal consistency of my stool (about a 4-6 on the Bristol Stool Scale) and my urgency is about 45 seconds. I'm going to the bathroom about three times a day, which isn't bad, but my normal used to be once a day. I have been having some achy stomach pain after some bowel movements that lasts for a few hours. Better than it's been, but as I said, not quite there.
I've also decided to stop eating bananas for awhile. I was eating one a day with lunch, thinking it was an easy way to get some fruit into my body. But I had forgotten that before my colitis symptoms started, I ate a banana everyday, and started having loose stool. When I stopped the bananas, my stool returned to normal. I know bananas are supposed to help solidify things in that area, but it had the opposite effect on me. I think bananas might be adversely affecting my colon, so we'll take a break and see what happens.
And now we wait another month!
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