MICROSCOPIC COLITIS SUPPORT

I buy mine at Wal-Mart, it's the value size bottle, 155tabs, & has the name Caltrate in bold lettering on it. No brand name really...It doesn't have much Magnesium in it, 40mg., so it's ok for me to use w/o causing the big "D"...They are chewable. I started out w/ a half tab 2times daily for a week ...

Hi Polly!!!!

I do have many types of foods I avoid...Esp. w/the GERD thing. I can only eat cooked peas & carrots, small amt's of broccoli & well spaced apart..lol..I drink the Almond breeze & use it for baking, cooking, etc. I find I musn't overload my stomach or I pay w/cramping & bloat. I graze ...

Hi all;

Just visiting your site today, & saw Polly's comment on Calcium supplements. I have taken Calcium Carbonate w/600mg. of D (chew tabs) 3 times daily for about 2 or so yrs. now. I feel the chew tabs digest more readily in the stomach. At least it hasn't bothered my GERD, so that's a plus ...

was of the opinion our bodies are just one big inflammation, causing all kinds of havoc in our bodies. My having Fibromyalgia, MC/IBS, Gerd, etc. all are inflammatory diseases.

Case in point; About a month ago I was hospitalised w/bronchitis, costochondritis, & irregularities in my ekg. Doc said he ...

Hi Polly;

Tho't I'd pop in to say Hi, & to let you know I also have chronic sinusitis. In fact my sinus' are intermingled w/my teeth roots. Ouch. Every Spring & fall, I get horrible back molar toothaches. Had one pulled a few yrs ago & just put up w/the pain w/the others , til it disapates. Hate it ...

I had mine done 2yrs. ago & drank the lite prep. I think 6oz of that salty tasting junk. Since I'm prone to "D", he had pity on me & I didn't have to go the gallon route..Thank goodness for that...lol..Anyway it did the job. Cleaned me right out...lol..

They do have the camera thingy you can ...

Hey Barb; Good to "see" you again. A big hug to you too. The Entocort thing was an experience for me. Glad I got off of it..Gave me anxiety attacks. And a good thing you found another GI Guy. I'm going to go to my FP. He's in a clinic setting & there is a FP guy in there that specializes in the GI ...

Hello Everyone;

I haven't visited here for awhile, & tho't I would give you all an update on what's been happening w/me.

First off, I fired my GI guy...On the last colonoscopy I had, he told me I now longer had MCC, but had IBS. All my tissue samples were neg. according to him. This was in 2005 ...

Hi Mathew;

Thanx for your concerns..I too, am going at this w/some trepidation. I was never diagnosed w/CD, only Collagenous Colitis. I went the GF route on my own, due to gas/bloat & of course the big "D"..At the time I was dx, there wasn't hardly anything about the GF diet..I went about it on my ...

Hello everyone;

I tho't I would update you on my gluten intake..A few weeks ago, I found from a follow-up after a colonoscopy, the biopsies showed NO Collagenous Colitis & no damage done to the intestine..The doc told me to try introducing gluten very slowly back into my diet to see if I was ...

Hi Katy;

Yes, I have been doing all the stretches, went to PT to learn more of them,& use the tennis ball to hit the tender points..This came on me last year about this time, & was really horrible.. Then seemed to go into remission for about 6-7mos. only to return..The rheumy says the lucky ones ...

I was surprised to find a new board after going on the old one.

I just popped on there to tell those of you who remember me, my CC is healed..I had a colonoscopy a few weeks ago, went for a followup & my GI guy told me my intestines are healed & the biopsies showed no CC..Oh happy day..6yrs of ...