I am so sorry for what you are going through !!My mother had ulcerated colitis and I remember the acute and sudden attacks she would have !! She was hospitalized when I was about 4 years old and following that followed a diet of no fuits or vegetables for 8 years !! However she did not tell her doctor this and while it delayed the eventual surgery ,it also left her with a vitamin defiency that caused severe sight loss in later years !!I am sure they ahve so much better treatments now , but I know only to well what ahorrible disease it is !!