MICROSCOPIC COLITIS SUPPORT

I thought I'd share some good news for a change. :) All has been well! My tummy actually has days of being "less bloated"... & I'm finding more days of feeling "normal" instead of walking around with a Buddha Belly. I've been trying to follow the low foodmap diet and am guided by my Enterolab ...

Thank You, Thank You Tex & Gabes, I really appreciate the feedback. I feel so much better after hearing your recommendations.

What an adventure this is... ;)
That is great news about the almond milk... I loved soy and already switched... I was a little heartbroken with the almond reaction. But, I ...

Happy Snowy Sunday! (at least in my part of the world...)

I received my Enterolab results and am trying to figure out what is safe and what is not, I'm feeling a little deflated. :(
I was not 100% gluten free when I submitted my sample, this was post-family-holiday get together, so, I did indulge ...

Good Morning!

I'm not sure if I had another "ah-ha" moment while trying to wrap my head around this disease... but, had I some thoughts. :)

I've been struggling with a lot of bloating since this whole thing started "to explode" - literally. ha ha ha.
So, was thinking about MC and the damage to ...

Tex, Thank you very much! As always, your insight is much appreciated.

Happy New Year!


Melissa

Howdy! Happy New Year!

I've decided to do Enterolab testing, I've cruised through some blogs and see that Panel A1 and C1 tests were mostly recommended. Is that still the case?
If any other panels would be beneficial, does anyone know?
During my Dx process, I know that I was tested for parasites ...

I thought this was interesting... I talked to my mother, it turns out that she and I were both on the same medication, Topiramate 100mg.
One of the off label uses for Topiramate used in conjunction with phentermine, promotes weight loss. We were on the same medication, at the same time...
She had ...

I wasn't sure where to put my newly discovered info, but wanted to share. I finally made a "me commitment" and have been dedicating some time to researching MC again. I've got a good start into Understanding Microscopic Colitis . While reading the (your-Tex's) book, I was led to an article, "Drug ...

Tex, you are a wealth of knowledge! Thank you!

I still consider myself relatively new to the MC roller coaster ride.... it's been 10 months and I've kept a food log and BM log, pain log, etc... been very restrictive with my diet and slowly added things in...taken away... added in...taken away ...

Hello Again!

I'm so happy to report that I did taper off of the medication. I started on 9mg of Uceris for 12 long weeks, went to 6mg of budesonide for 3 weeks, and then 3mg for 3 weeks. I had complaints of water retention, weight gain, leg pain so bad that I had doubts that I could get up and ...

Wow! Am I thankful that I found this site!

I starting having ExPloSive diarrhea back in June... went through lots of tests & 3 docs before I was sent to a GI specialist, waited another month for an upper and lower scope, waited another month for results... June quickly turned into October when I ...