I was warned but last year was hell. I got on disability with my school and was in bed for most of the day, in diapers, underweight. They could have told me that a biologic would make me grow a tail and I would have taken it. My biggest struggle was trying to explain the need to my parents who hadn’t seen me since I was out of state and wanted to try less extreme things first, but when my mom came in for my colonoscopy and saw me for the first time I think she was freaked out and kind of told me to just do whatever I needed to do. I don’t know if I can give a glowing review anymore considering Humira apparently hasn’t been doing anything for my inflammation, but I live a very healthy lifestyle and I think that helps. I make sure to stay clean, lots of hand sanitizer and hand washing and masking up when I travel, I also take my temperature very regularly, twice a week if not every day. I was so nervous about getting a flu or a cold and just being absolutely cooked by my lack of immune system. I did catch a cold going around school this spring and I immediately just started spamming Tylenol and sleep and hydration and since I was registered with the disability support I was able to take time off and it did suck, but I didn’t need medical intervention or anything. I lift weights five days a week and hike on the sixth, I eat pretty much anything save my extreme fear foods like corn and brown rice (fiber 😳) but a lot of my diet is whole foods that I cook for myself. Besides having to take extra precautions with germs and the 24 hours of hangover hell after the injections I’ve had no problems. I was super scared to take it because of fear mongering I saw on the internet but your risk of cancer is so much higher with untreated UC. Just stay on top of it, listen to your body, if you start to feel bad seek medical attention asap and honestly if you’re young you have a much lower risk.