Paul, First (and most important), sorry to hear about your recent IBD diagnosis, but glad that you seem to be making some progress. I am sure many others here can vouch for the potential physical and psychological side effects of steroids. Hopefully budesonide will enable you to avoid many of them.
I can't help much with the "snuff box arthritis" (though I remember a bit about the anatomy of the snuff box; some of the old terms stick with you forever). I will leave the arthritis help to others. But hey, those steroids will probably help with that, too! Do keep in mind that there is sometimes reactive arthritis associated with ulcerative colitis.
As to Andrechuk, I think you will find the news to be disappointing. I believe that the guy who was here is a podiatrist in California, and Andrechuk is a contraction of his first and last name. So he is not the true Andrechuk that you are hoping for. On the other hand, just before his departure, he did reveal himself to be a Flyers fan, so I suspect that his name choice was not entirely accidental.
