@washalien - You have been sick for a long time- I know how that feels. Life passing by so fast. I had collagenous colitis initially and later on nondescript patches of inflammation throughout my GI tract. At first there was a trial of medication elimination, food elimination- no change. Budesonide was the best except for prednisone. By the way, I had breast cancer many years ago. I had severe intestinal reaction to chemo which finally was thought to have caused my chronic microscopic colitis. I decided to try immunosuppressive medication because I just could not live like I did. I was on it for several months and it worked. I got monitored monthly. I did have many infections, which is why I stopped it.
I’m happy it worked