MICROSCOPIC COLITIS SUPPORT

Hi Tina
Last time I looked budesonide was only on the WADA "banned in competition" list rather than banned both in and out of competition. It's listed under S9 glucocorticoids. I'm on 3mg/day and I have qualified to compete in international age group events which are drug tested. My understanding ...

Hi Lui
I've just read your list of foods and it struck me that there's little in it that I could eat. I've had CC for decades and only properly restricted my diet about a year ago after 2 courses of budesonide failed. I'm now doing well on 3mg a day, improving all the time but still a limited diet ...

Hi Sharlee
I'm interested in trying mastic gum after reading a post on another MC site about it being very helpful but I can't find any references about its use anywhere on this site.
Has anyone tried it? Results?
Or any references about its use in MC anywhere else?
Dotty

Hi Sally. About your question 're exercise. It's a great stress buster and without it I would have lost my marbles. I am 59 and have had MC for decades and have not been in remission. Despite the difficulties it brings I exercise at intensity most days. Spin classes are great. I have represented my ...

Actually I should have said magnesium deficiency rather than hypomagnesaemia since serum Mg is rarely low even in those who are deficient.

Actually I should have said magnesium deficiency rather than hypomagnesaemia since serum Mg is rarely low even in those who are deficient.

Hi
Raynauds disease is associated with hypomagnesaemia according to Dr Carolyn Dean in her book The Magnesium Miracle. Apparently Mg reduces the muscle spasm in the small arteries which cause numbness and pain. I have only been applying topical Mg for a few weeks and my Raynauds is much less ...

Hi Jessica
Yes I think you're right I'm still eating something which is causing inflammation. I've cut out the date/nut bars and all nuts. I don't do well with lamb, beef or chicken but turkey meat and turkey bone broth are good. White fish also seems ok.
I keep a food diary and note symptoms ...

Hi Ashley
Your story is very similar to mine, also untreated CC for 13 years since diagnosis by biopsy at colonoscopy in 2005. I refused budesonide and tried fiddling with my diet, all the time with WD 8-15x /day. Partial success with paleo diet (down to 4-5x WD/day), also psyllium husk made ...

Hi Scott
"Congested" mucosa in the context of a colonoscopy refers to the small blood vessels in the colonic epithelium (lining). Normally they are not visible to the naked eye, they are too small. The normal colonic epithelium is pale, pink and smooth, with no visible blood vessels. When the blood ...

Thanks for welcoming me in to your group and for the comments. I've given it all even more thought and have a couple of questions.

Firstly though, I've obviously given everyone the wrong impression that I'm substituting nuts for animal protein but I'm not. Just temporarily struggling with meat and ...

Hi Tex
Thanks for the prompt reply. A dubious honour-one of the top positions!
I'm just avoiding meat and fish for a while until I've recovered from norovirus and only graze on nuts. I'll eat all of the enterolab tested foods before the test, with the exception of gluten. My D3 was 24 so I'll ...

Hello everyone! I've been an avid reader of this site since I found it a few months ago. What a relief to find a group of people who understand! And a wealth of information based on WHY we are sick and a rationale behind dietary and medicinal approaches to treatment. I only wish I'd found it decades ...