It's been about two weeks since I went completely off of the mesalamine, relying now only on the Rinvoq. I'm doing mostly okay! There is however, a . . . however.
My stomach has been uncomfortable and achy more often. Just here and there. Maybe a three or four out of ten. And a few of my bowel movements were a combination of softer formed and mush. I haven't had mush in awhile. I took one anti-diarrhea pill and that stopped the mush. But this afternoon, I actually had a very painful BM, the kind I haven't had since before I was put on prednisone during my first initial flare. I was on the toilet for about twenty minutes and my stomach was quite achy for about an hour afterwards.
Last night I had a restaurant burrito with black beans and pork. It is possible that this was the cause of today's afternoon distress. While I have never read this anywhere, it occurs to me that perhaps I could eat anything while on the mesalamine, but now that I'm on only Rinvoq, I'll have to be more careful. I may have to start using a food/BM tracker again to test this theory.
So, before today, I was doing mostly okay. We'll see how the next week, and then the rest of the month goes. If my stomach is mostly settled over the next few days, I'll assume it was the burrito that caused my painful BM. If it was not the burrito, I'll need to decide about going back on the mesalamine again, even if it is only one daily pill. That is still a lot better than what I was on before.
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