MICROSCOPIC COLITIS SUPPORT

Gabe--yes, I will retest for the potassium Monday. Still concerned about that, but am hoping it was just due to a solid month of D and that the relative calm this week will have improved things!

Denise,

I am also a double DQ1. I have one 0602, like you, and one 0609, which is much less common and usually found in people of African or Mediterranean descent (I didn't know I was either). I will attest to the multiple intolerances this pattern can cause! Because my children automatically ...

Cathy--I'm not sure what test exactly my PA ran--I just know it was a food allergy panel blood test. I have a follow-up visit next Monday and have several questions about this. I am curious as to what other foods were on the panel. If I can concoct a list of what I've been tested for between ...

So, after dealing with increasingly frequent digestive issues for the past 6 or 7 years, and after being diagnosed with IBS and subsequently told to: 1. eat more fiber, 2. eat probiotic yogurt, 3. take Florastor, 4. cut out dairy and artificial sweeteners (though I was never tested for any kind of ...

I'm supposed to go back to retest in two weeks. They did take a urine sample--wouldn't they have known if there was blood in it?

Okay, so how do you lower your potassium? Doc has put me on Bentyl, which is not stopping the D but has gotten me down to only 2-3 BMs each day. I hesitate to take the Immodium because I don't like the way it makes me feel, but it is always my backup if things get out of hand.

Went to see my PA for a routine checkup, and she told me we were going to get me well. She ran all sorts of tests: EKG, food allergy panel, celiac test. Today she called with the results. Surprise, surprise! I'm allergic to eggs. All this time I thought eggs weren't the problem, because I tested ...

Many thanks for all the hugs and words of encouragement!

Talked to my BIL last night--my sister is home after her hysterectomy. Path results were benign!

Suze--it had crossed my mind that some of the symptoms sounded like possible GYN issues, though it doesn't happen every time I eat. I'm due for a checkup, anyway. Hoping to put it off for a few weeks till we find out what's going on with our jobs (if one of us gets a job with benefits, I don't want ...

Hi Jon,

Unfortunately, my symptoms follow me everywhere I go. I will not dispute that the chemicals in some of the fabrics I work with have some fumes, but while that may cause the occasional headache or runny nose, I don't think it explains everything else. I was on vacation for most of last week ...

...that I'm mistaken about what is causing my symptoms? I feel like I'm doing everything I know to do, and I just stay sick. Everything I try works for a little while, then I'm back where I started. When my colonoscopy was done a little over a year ago, I was not officially diagnosed with anything ...

Thanks for the encouragement, everybody! I have started the application process for a new job, as has DH. My respiratory allergies are acting up this week (probably because I was already flaring!). For the past year, anytime I'm around wood smoke, my throat just closes up. Interestingly enough, i ...

Tex,

Nope, those aren't the symptoms I'm experiencing. However, I went without all my supplements last night, and my stomach did seem more settled. I'm going to do some more trial and error with it once I get the D under control.

Lesley,

Thanks! Thursday was pretty awful--in one day I found out ...

OH, yes, Drapery Goddess...I ran my own drapery workroom for several years, then in July I went to work for a fabric store as a design consultant. Unfortunately, yesterday I found out the store lost its lease and will be closing in December, so once again I will have to figure out something else ...

I read that it's associated with a particular type of anemia, and that female carriers can have a mild form of it...