MICROSCOPIC COLITIS SUPPORT

A decent day today:

Coffee with MCT oil
Hot water
Bone Broth
Banana
Zyrtec, Vitamin D, Magnesium spray, 3 mg Budesonide

WD, but no urgency ...

MASSAGE! Yay! All about self-care during this stage ... that's what I picked up from this forum

Chicken thigh with skin on - salt
Jasmine Rice with ...

Thank you, Tex and Gabes,

I will paddle oh so carefully.

Ok - I will switch just to the topical magnesium for now.

And Tex, when I am on 9 mg Budesonide, my GI system is the best it has ever, ever been. I LOVE Budesonide. It is just when I get to the end of the taper that I run into trouble ... but in this entire 2-year run with LC I have not had an ...

So the Magnesium I have been taking is Magnesium Biglycinate by Thorne, powder form. I was just doing 200 mg because I didn't want to cause the WD to get worse. I added another dose today to make 400 mg. And yes, you will see I drank one dose this morning and one dose late this afternoon after work ...

Ok new friends - another question. I think I have been eating rice, red potatoes, bone broth, clean animal protein and mushy veg for 3-4 dyas. Can't recall when I started ... and today I had 3 pretty unsatisfactory rounds of WD ... while at the same time feeling constipated like I haven't felt in a ...

Question: What do you think of MCT oil in my morning coffee?

Also, progress here? WD this morning, but not an urgent run to the bathroom. Bowels not making sounds like running water ... things are quiet internally. This is new.

Breakfast - a banana

The rest of the day's food is Jasmine rice, well ...

Tex,

Should be more clear ...

After a long, long taper I finally hit the 3 mg for 4 weeks mark, and then tried to taper to 3 mg every other day. That is when things fell apart again.

So ... my Mayo doc told me to go back to 3 mg every day for 2 weeks and then report back to him.

However, since I ...

Brandy,

Thanks so much for this info!

This is my third or fourth round of Budesonide taper.

This has been my longest one. I am pretty sure I have been tapering for 3-4 months. Down to just 3 mg daily now ... and then tried to go to 3 mg every other day and my WD came back.

My Mayo doc is great ...

Tex,

Thank you.

Ok, I like that you are all not "anti-medicine." That helps me - because I am kind of an all-or-nothing gal. I will stay on the taper of Budesonide until I check back in with my doc in a few weeks.

I have a hunch that fiber really did it to me. Long story that I will spare you ...

Forgot to add - I also started to take a Zyrtec each morning about 4 days ago.

Might be making a difference as I near the end of this particular taper?

You all are so friendly and helpful. I have resisted joining because I kept thinking the Budesonide would "heal" me and then I could keep eating all my vegan foods - mostly whole, plant-based ... not vegan junk. But I just wonder if the tofu, tons of beans and nuts and all the fiber rich veggies ...

Hi all, I have been reading all these posts for the past 2 years as I struggled with LC. Have been on at least 3, if not 4 Budesonide tapers, even being treated at the Mayo Clinic.

Around the same time as my LC diagnosis, I was also diagnosed with hypothyroidism.

Hmmmmm .... no doctors suggest ...