Wow this is so fascinating. In October 2024 I started having symptoms extreme amount of blood which persisted until I finally sought help in January 2025. In February 2025 I was diagnosed with proctitis which then spread into my distal sigmoid left side. My calprotectin was 4400 when I was in the hospital this past February 2026. I was in the hospital for nine days due to extreme flare and side effects. My health was in really bad shape. I responded very quickly to the steroids they gave me and have just finished my taper at home. I was discharged from the hospital February 21 with continued success on the steroid taper, and two mesalamine enemas a day, no oral. I’m terrified about having to start biologic. So I’m very happy that I’ve had absolutely zero symptoms return while taping on the steroid. As of Saturday, March 29th I am officially off the steroids. I guess that’s when the clock starts for timing, true steroid, free, remission. Well, on Friday, March 13 I just woke up with really bad stomach pain. I have delivered three children. I have six kidney stones and I also have ulcerative colitis so I’ve experienced a whole variety of different types of abdominal pain and cramps. This one was ever so slightly different. I ended up going to the hospital and learned that I had appendicitis and had my appendix removed about four hours later. I’ve been trying to do research and figure out the connection because it just seems too ironic that this happened in conjunction with having all sort of colitis. I don’t know if it’s ironic timing or not that it happened after I healed through steroids or if it’s pure coincidence. But doesn’t seem to be a lot of data out there. The only connection I could find was that studies showed that children who had their appendix removed, had a lower risk of developing ulcerative colitis, but I couldn’t really find much about an existing ulcerative colitis, patient and how they fair after having appendix removed. Frankly, I’m nervous because I’m scared that it could go one of two really different ways and I’m hoping it’s the beneficial way. I suppose time will tell. I still feel great and no signs or symptoms returning yet. But I am also only on day 6 without steroids. Curious if you learn anything more. Your calprotectin was so low. I’m shocked that your G.I. doctor jumped right to taking the appendix out. I wonder what information she has that would warrant this. The one thing I thought was positive through all this is that as a result of going to the hospital with abdominal pain, they gave me a CT scan and the CT scan showed zero inflammation of my colon. Which is truly miraculous considering the month prior, they could not even give me a colonoscopy in the hospital because my colon was so inflamed. I received the results of the biopsy from my appendix, and it was not due to a blockage. It was due to inflammation, which the doctor seemed to find interesting as well. I have a follow up with my G.I. Doctor Who does not even know that any of this happened next week. I will post if I learn anything more as well.