MICROSCOPIC COLITIS SUPPORT

Just to update you all - I am now awaiting an appointment for a colonoscopy and am booked in on 3 January for a NM Radionuclide Sehcat Bile Study, going back for a second scan a week later. Interestingly enough I have always thought there was a problem with my terminal ileum and since reading up a ...

Hi Guys,

Had an interesting appointment today with my consultant, Dr Patterson of the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast. I haven't seen him for a couple of years - often I get to see the juniors or the specialist nurse. My symptoms have remained stable in so far as it is normal for me to go between ...

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I haven't been around on here very much of late but thought I would provide an update on how I am progressing. A quick re-cap is that I was diagnosed with MC in 2004 having previously been mis-diagnosed with IBS in 1991. When I discovered this site I was sceptical at first but having slowly ...

Hi Miriam and Carol Ann,
I so know where you are coming from. I went from constant D to C about two years ago inculding impactions which produced a lot of pain. I still am plagued by frequent BMs but I have done the opposite to most people here and vastly increased my veg intake and the result is ...

Now some of you are going to be amazed at this but I think I have found a diet that really works for me and it is not what most of you would be able to tolerate. I have been experimenting for the last month with a gluten and soya free vegan diet and it really seems to be working! I am eating a huge ...

Thanks Guys - yesterday was a marathon as I was on the loo 15 times and so much pain. It is definitely worse just after I eat. Hopefully today will be better!

And the pain is back again! I have been pooping a lot (8-9 times a day) but it is generally pretty formed (BSC 5 sometimes 6). I have had to take pain killers today and at the moment I am also feeling nauseous. The pain is always RHS but today it is higher and is in the place that is always the ...

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Anne,

If I recall correctly, you have a history of too many BMs daily for some time now. If I were in that situation I would try Imodium. Imodium will reduce the urgency, and the number of trips to the loo. Our body gets used to patterns after a while, and unless we do something to break the ...

Thanks Guys! Spent a great day off work and in the garden!

While discussing my auto-immune issues with a rheumatologist, he mentioned that the Irish seem to be unduly prone to AI disorders. Do you know if Celiac, MC, Sjogrens etc are more prevalent in Ireland? There is an area on the Dingle peninsula in Eire that has a higher than normal percentage of ...

Just using diet, Vanessa, and with good results except for the volume and frequency! I sometimes feel like I'm related to a labrador!!!

I am the same although I seem to have developed a pattern of going 7-9 times a day!! In the mornings I usually go at least 3 or 4 times, and usually with a feeling of urgency. All Normans 3 and 4s, occasionally 5s. The again in the afternoon I go 3 or 4 times. I have a sore butt as a result and ...

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Welcome and sympathies! I think we have all struggled initially to accept the diet changes needed to regain health. It certainly took me sometime and I still have flare ups so my journey continues. But I recently came off steroids after 6 months and I am now committed to using diet alone to heal my ...