MICROSCOPIC COLITIS SUPPORT

I really appreciate all the info and support here!

By the time I started trying to figure out what might be wrong with
me I was convinced I was crazy. There is something wrong and it's
not 'all in my head" I'm not "neurotic" or a hysterical old woman.

Now to find a decent GI in the greater Boston ...

:cry: Giving up chocolate is the pits........I couldn't tolerate the "everything" free micro mini chocolate chips.

Tex said I might be able to eat them some day. When I reminded him, he said he hoped he knew what he was talking about! Me, too.

I remember reading some place that people with food ...

Well, after 1 week on the high dose PB as well as being aggressive in making sure
to take my claritin, I'm coughing less, my nose has stopped running, my face isn't swollen
anymore. I'm also no longer running to the restroom 10 times a day. I'm down to 1-3 times per day
usually about 1 hr after ...

Welcome Bellyup,

Histamine has a role in gut motility and in your allergies, hives, runny nose. So no wonder D seems worse when you have the other symptoms.

Glad you found us.

Faith

It is cold and rainy here today, wet leaves everywhere, my allergies are going wild
I sounded like a canadian ...

FWIW, outside of a non-stop D marathon when my symptoms first started in earnest, I had a regular pattern of alternating D and C. I would have maybe a week of good health, followed by progressively worse D, nausea, loud rumbling in the gut, (characteristic of all IBDs, and celiac disease), bloating ...

Bellyup,

I was editing my post about the time that you responded again, to add information about ME, so please re-read my post, if you didn't see the part about ME the first time.

Yes, it is common for celiac disease to become activated at virtually any age. If you have MC and/or ME, though ...

hazel wrote:

unless I know the exact location of every restroom in the area where I am going.

I had to laugh--I'll bet this is true of ALL of us!
Welcome to the club!

I have restroom locations programmed into my GPS at this point.

Hi Bellyup,

Welcome to our internet family. Has your doctor tested you for celiac disease? It's possible that you're a celiac, which is much simpler to treat than MC.

To rule out MC, just tell your doctor that you have the symptoms of microscopic colitis, and ask him or her to do a colonoscopy ...

Hi Gloria,

I also have a history of episodes of unexplained hives. It might seem crazy but it
seems that the Big D is worse on days when my nasal allergies are at their worst.
When I was a kid, I had scratch tests for allergies, my back looked like somebody took a whip
to me I had so many reactions ...

I'd always had small problems over the years with my bowels, particularly during
my monthly cycle. Then came menopause, I started exercising and following a low fat
high fiber diet, I also started taking almost daily motrin due to joint pain from weight lifting.

Over the past 4 yrs I have suffered ...