MICROSCOPIC COLITIS SUPPORT

Tex,

Thank you! Once again - as I've found many times before - your advice is invaluable.

I think I will ask my doctor if there are any other options for cholestyramine. I had to have my gallbladder removed a number of years ago (but after I was diagnosed with MC); I didn't notice my MC getting ...

Hi Brandy!

Thanks for your quick answer.

I am 52. Definitely not 20 any more, but still young enough that I probably have a lot of years left to be on a maintenance dose. If I could get by on 1 pill/day, both my doctor and I would be a lot happier about me staying on the Entocort; since I lose ...

Hi friends!

I was stunned to get on here this morning and realize I haven't posted here for five years! But my GI is considering putting me on Imuran, and I trust some of you here implicitly. So here's my story at this point:

I've had chronic WD for maybe 15 years. I was diagnosed with MC in ...

Hi all,

Wow! Hard to believe I've been gone since about the first of December! But I am going to try to touch base a bit more often as I can't do without you guys' support. :)

I finally went to my GI in some desperation after almost a year gluten-, dairy-, egg-, and mostly soy-free (Enterolab ...

Yes, strange about the uncured bacon. Here we can get Hormel Natural Choice bacon, lunch meats, and even smoked sausage. They do all have celery powder or celery juice, so some natural nitrites, but they are (technically at least) uncured. I depend on them, especially the turkey lunch meat.

I wish ...

Kathy,

Maybe it's just me, but I wonder about that cheese. It might be worth trying giving that up, since so many of us with MC have so much trouble with dairy, even if Enterolab suggested that wasn't it.

You might also think about that GF oatmeal. A lot of gluten-sensitive folks find oatmeal to ...

Amber,

OK, I would personally RUN from this doctor and find one who at the very least recognizes the seriousness of a diagnosis of celiac disease! It doesn't matter how "borderline" the diagnosis is, the fact that you had ANY positive results means if you go back to eating gluten - at ALL - you are ...

Marion,

Just a thought about the bruising - easy bruising can be an early sign of scurvy (a shortage of vitamin C). Are you getting vitamin C as a supplement? People and guinea pigs are the only animals that can't manufacture their own vitamin C. If you, like me, are avoiding citrus, you may well ...

So I've been wondering some things about Zyrtec. My biopsies in January came up negative for mast cells, so I assumed I do not have mast cell issues. However,I know Tex has said some things suggesting he believes mast cells are involved for all of us with MC. So recently I've tried taking Zyrtec a ...

Chel,

Yup, that's what most of us have to do is eliminate almost all processed foods. Tex will tell you most of us can only handle foods with four or fewer ingredients on the list (and of course all of those on our allowed lists - no gluten, dairy, egg, or soy). Plain salted or unsalted rice cakes ...

P.S. I suppose I could talk to my surgeon about the painkillers, huh? I've just gotten in the habit of trusting this board more than my doctors, especially when it comes to MC issues. :-)

Thanks all for the encouragement. I really appreciate it!

Leah, the pain is up around and under my ribcage on my right side, right where I'd identify my liver. It rotates around my right side and into my back, above where I'd think my right kidney would be. I had thought the pain directly below my ...

Oh, Joe, I am so sorry! You are in my prayers!

Deanna

Joan,

Cool! Thanks for the link - my family will appreciate it! :)

Deanna

So, the pain from my gallbladder continues to get very gradually worse. It's still not awful, especially as long as I keep my fat intake very low. I've had to dump the avocados, coconut oil, nuts, bacon, even fatty cuts of beef and pork, in order to keep the pain to a mild level - even beef chuck ...