"ulcerative colitis pain: made the pain manageable. my uc symptoms left me in such terrible pain on some days that i was completely non-functional. once i asked for something to manage the pain, i was finally able to spend my non-functional days being a little less miserable. 
for flares only. i was once afraid to ask for pain killers but they are so effective i will not hesitate to ask in the future if the pain becomes too much."