diag. with severe UC..2/09...prednisone 80mg..to start weaning would come later..asacol also, but would later switch to lialda...much easier for me....also imurin,75mg..daily...everything pretty good...till I begin the weaning process, once it gets down to the 20mg....I'm only speaking of the pred...all else is same...we "jockey", if you will, around the weaning, back to 2o for extra 2 weeks..then resume weaning......alot of time seems pretty good, however it'd flare in some way and we'd start at the 20 again...Still livable, yes...believe me I realize there are alot worse situations out there.! Any how alot of this time I'm on imodium or whatever, just to keep me in check, during the day,....works 80% of time...night-time I still get up 2,3-4 "small times", occassional mishap couple nights ago slept through 2 nights in a row.All right ? Next morning dark blood vessell, vein, mucuous looking thing size quarter...mixed on this only stool...ever since seems to be a little more dark reddish hue to alot of my stools...not all the time, though...so i told my gast..he starts me back on 40 pred-1 week, 30-2cd week 20 3rd week 10 4th week5mg..then for 30 days....i guess its all about experimenting......anyone out there that might help relieve my anxiety ? I do have other normal symptoms, headache, fatigue, sleepless,,lazy sometimes irritability,,all those goodies too......guess I;m just searching..I'm soon to be 58 and a male if it might matter..thanks for everyones time and this forum .....