Does anyone else deal with this? I'm having a UC flare, but it's calming down with medication. More often than not I end up with at least one painful swollen knee, sometimes it's both. Right now I'm stuck in bed barely able to move because my knee is so swollen. Friday morning I felt the very beginning of the swelling, and by the end of the day it had doubled in size. I went to the doctor to get prednisolone, and I started taking it yesterday, it seemed to work and I wasn't limping as much. But last night it got even worse, and I need my crutches to move around.
My UC has never been too severe, I only get flare ups once a year at most, often longer. I can cope with that as it's not as bad as others get it. But the knee swelling is incapacitating, very painful and unable to move around freely.
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themiserychick · 27/02/2021 21:19
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