Posted 10/12/2024 8:36 AM (GMT -5)
My experience is if you have UC symptoms and you push yourself physically you will likely not fair well. I track previous severe flares to periods where I either was sick and my immune system got jacked or I pushed my fitness to extreme. I'd start working out, get stronger/faster and keep pushing myself until I ended up hospitalized (like every 3-6 years). At 58 I still have to remind myself to slow down. I've been able to live a fulfilling life with Severe UC: engineer working full time, got married, raised 2 medical doctors. Don't allow UC diagnosis to make you think you cannot have a normal life!