MICROSCOPIC COLITIS SUPPORT

I am finally on the road to healing.....

I am hoping that those who are undiagnosed are reading this because it may help them find some answers and some relief....

I am sure many undiagnosed diarrhea sufferers do not know that their D may be caused by bile salts leaking into the intestines. Diet ...

Just a quick update :grin:

Even though I do not have a diagnosis - I have to say that the Cholestyramine (better known as Questran) has been working - So far two nights of uninterrupted sleep (no nocturnal diarrhea urgency) and I even went almost normal today - after all this is only my third day ...

thank you. I will be going back next Thursday and will request a copy of the report and will upload it. Appreciate all your help :)

I just got back from the doctor and all my biopsies were negative (sigh), no diagnosis. I told him that I need something - I am down to 98 lbs and I cannot afford to lose any more weight. I suffer from malabsorption and continuous diarrhea - esepecially nocturnal diarrhea. He did give me a ...

Could be a fructose intolerance. How do you do with dry fruits - such as raisons or apricots? If you get a bad reaction from them, you can probably guess it is the fructose added to it. Dry fruits have a very high fructose content. Apples and pears are also very high in fructose as are bananas.

Yes, I had biopsies done. Have an appointment this Friday and hoping to get some answers
This diarrhea is surely getting me down.

Thanks for the good wishes

Are any of you plagued with Nocturnal Diarrhea that comes on in the middle of the night?

I know for myself - I usually am awoken about 1 to 3 a.m. and have to go to the bathroom either with watery, semi hard or even regular urgency. This might continue once an hour up to about 6:30 to 7:00 a.m. It ...

You know - I never thought of the Stevia as being a problem - I will try and eliminate this as well and see....

And funny - the crackers are rice crackers but they have so few calories and I only eat maybe 4 of them and am okay. If I eat more - than I have a problem. Only thing is - I am always ...

I have an appointment with the gastroenterologist on Friday. It has been about a month since my colonoscopy. I would hope his office would have called me to indicate they found something - but who knows - maybe he is waiting to see me. And as with so many others - maybe the diarrhea would have ...

So far, I am still awaiting a diagnosis for whatever I have. For most of my life, I had always been chronically constipated and diagnosed as having IBS C until September of 2010. I could eat anything without complaint except for some bloating and some heartburn. But then, everything changed and I ...

thanks so much for the welcome! I will check out the LEAP program and read the posts you referred.

Have a great day!

Sue

Hi, I am new. My name is Sue but go by Catarific. I have had tons of problems with so many foods for months now. The ones I found problematic are:

Fructose
Any fruit whether fresh, dried or canned
Corn Syrup
Corn Chips
Larabars (I think due to the dried fruit used)
Chocolate (except for a minute ...