MICROSCOPIC COLITIS SUPPORT

I can sympathise with you re the Prednisone as its used very frequently here in Cape Town (South Africa). Its the devil especially the non sleeping and I always feel completely wired up on it and talk incredibly fast and a lot! The theory is if you are on a fairly large dose - like 8 tablets (of 5mg ...

Thanks Tex. What a lot to learn! I'm so glad and grateful to have found this forum - otherwise who knows how many years I would have gone on floundering in a sea of misinformation! Better today as I've stuck to the cooked apples and rice and chicken. Tomorrow as they say is another day. One question ...

Thanks Maggie for replying and for the good wishes. Unfortunately have had a bit of a set back today and have had to resort to Imodium again. I think I got a bit too enthusiastic about veggies and as they were all mixed up I don't know which one!

Anyway at least I now I can formulate a plan of ...

Thanks Tex. I really hope I don't develop a reaction to soy as I've discovered soya yoghourt and have been eating it by the tubful - mainly to compensate for not being able to have cheese, milk in my coffee or the ordinary yoghourt which I used to practically live on! However I wouldn't have ...

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Just had to share with you all how much better I'm feeling! Thanks to you Tex and all the others who wrote and gave me such wise advice.

I did the huge dose of daily Prednisone for a week (which is how they do things here in South Africa) which thankfully took care of the dreaded D ...

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Thanks so much to everyone who answered my post - I feel as if I've discovered a whole new family of like minded people who know exactly what I'm talking about!

I must say all this talk about food allergies is a complete revelation to me and I'm still trying (but beginning to grasp ...

Hello everyone. So delighted to have found this site as I really thought I was the only person in the world with this problem. I'm a 59 year old female and was diagnosed with MC about 3 years ago on colonoscopy and biopsy. Initially I was treated with Prednisone and then Pentasa and all was well for ...