Hopefully you are handling the UC okay - I was misdiagnosed until I was 18 and was in a pretty critical condition by that stage and didn't respond to any of the drugs available at the time. Handled it by myself through diet (but it was not ideal) until a few years ago and now get Infliximab IVs every two months to control it.

From a diet perspective, cutting out as much carb as possible helped me a lot.