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A poopy one. Sorry.
As I have told you before I go between the D and the C. When I do get a more or less formed stool it is still mucous-y. Is it always like this? Even in remission? Or will it ever be "normal"?
Don't get me wrong. If I am able to have a BM and it is not the horrible D, I am happy.
Just looking forward to having a little energy for a few minutes at a time, and not being SO tired and in SO much pain.
And so grateful I found this board. *sniff* You guys give me hope.
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Norman will visit, Lesley, as time goes by and your gut heals. That's a nickname on the board for a normal BM. 
Hand in there.
Hand in there.
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Dum spiro, spero -- While I breathe, I hope
Psoriasis - the dark ages
Hashimoto's Thyroiditis - Dec 2001
Collagenous Colitis - Sept 2010
Granuloma Annulare - June 2011
The mucus is a sign of severe inflammation. When inflammed, the interior of our intestines produce copious amounts of mucus, in order to try to protect itself from whatever is causing the inflammation.
Marliss is correct, of course. Once you are in remission, that mucus will be gone, and your BM pattern will be back to whatever it was before the symptoms of MC began.
Tex
Marliss is correct, of course. Once you are in remission, that mucus will be gone, and your BM pattern will be back to whatever it was before the symptoms of MC began.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Well, remember that food sensitivities can cause constipation as well as they can cause diarrhea. You don't read much about them in the literature, but there are people whose only symptom of MC is constipation, for example. The primary cause of constipation in kids, is claimed to be casein.
IOW, you may have been reacting to food-sensitivities all your life, and without those foods in your diet, your new "normal" may actually be, well, Norman.
Actually, Norman did start out as a typo, many years ago, by one of the founding members of this board, Barbara, (barbaranoela). It caught on immediately, though, and became the standard of comparison. LOL.
Tex
IOW, you may have been reacting to food-sensitivities all your life, and without those foods in your diet, your new "normal" may actually be, well, Norman.
Actually, Norman did start out as a typo, many years ago, by one of the founding members of this board, Barbara, (barbaranoela). It caught on immediately, though, and became the standard of comparison. LOL.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
LOL!
Thanks for the explanation Tex.
I probably have had this most of my life. I had polio when I was 3, and can remember struggling with constipation, attacks of nausea and a lot of pain all through my life. They could never find anything wrong, though I had surgery at the age of 19, and was found to have a badly impacted bowel with adhesions from an appendectomy done when I was 9. I am old enough to be of the generation that was kept in bed for several days after surgery, causing adhesions.
So you are probably right. Though I thought I had a cast iron stomach and could eat anything I was probably reacting without knowing it.
Oh well, better late than never, eh?
Thanks for the explanation Tex.
I probably have had this most of my life. I had polio when I was 3, and can remember struggling with constipation, attacks of nausea and a lot of pain all through my life. They could never find anything wrong, though I had surgery at the age of 19, and was found to have a badly impacted bowel with adhesions from an appendectomy done when I was 9. I am old enough to be of the generation that was kept in bed for several days after surgery, causing adhesions.
So you are probably right. Though I thought I had a cast iron stomach and could eat anything I was probably reacting without knowing it.
Oh well, better late than never, eh?