Probiotic Yogurt

[Gas Bag]

Does this help at all ? Anybody on here eat the stuff ? right now during my relaspe all I am eating is chicken breasts and rice, corn chips, hmmm not much else. I need to eat something. Fruits and veggies rip me a new one and I am off gluten again too.

I have LC and had been in remission for over 2 and a half years and now out of the blue it is back, big time, for no apparent reason I can think of.
I was wondering if Probiotic Yogurt would help settle things down. No anti D stuff has any effect at all.

[tex]

If you're not intolerant of casein, (the primary protein in dairy products), it might help. Unfortunately, most of us who are gluten-sensitive, are also casein-sensitive, but that isn't necessarily true for everyone, so YMMV. Those who are casein-intolerant usually get what we call "battery-acid" D from it, so it's fairly easy to tell if you are casein-sensitive, due to the fact that "Battery-acid" D promptly leads to what Dee affectionately refers to as "baboon butt". There are now quite a few non-dairy probiotics on the market, if you can find them locally.

Can you tolerate potatoes, and/or sweet potatoes? General Mills now has several versions of Chex cereals which are GF, including Rice, Corn, and several others, but be sure to read the label, because some stores may have some of the old boxes in stock, yet. Most of us can handle bananas, OK, also. Are eggs a problem? If you aren't intolerant of them, you can eat 'em at just about any time of the day, as either fried, poached, scrambled, or hard-boiled. Pork usually works for most people, also. In fact, one of our members, (moremuscle), who runs marathons as a hobby, created a motto - "Never leave home without a porkchop in your purse", and she meant it, too.

Tex

[JLH]

Sorry to say suspect good old soy, too.

See if you can tolerate some baby food veggies with not much fiber.

Are we having fun yet?

[Gas Bag]

And never leave home without clean underwear either! although I have never had "that" happen yet.

I am trying to remember those thrilling days of yesteryear, ok only about 3 years ago when I first got attacked by my colon.

I don't really eat soy anyway, because after my thyroid crapped out I me I read soy wasn't that great for me. I'm on thyroid meds of course, bit still stay away from soy just for general purposes.

Anyhoo, Tex, great suggestions up there. Dairy has never bothered me before. Famous last words! I am sure.

I stopped and got some Probiotic Yogurt, just ate a small amount of it.

I have been eating Rice Chex, well one bowl yesterday. I lied, I have been eating a few thing, Vans Gluten Free waffles and eggs whites and I did have a banana last night.

The four months that I was a human liquid manue spreader the end of 2006, I cut out all gluten but ate dairy, corn anything else I wanted. Around the time of my colonoscopy and endoscopy and subsequent diagnosis, I went into full remission. It was just like nothing had ever been wrong with me. I was using the psyllium husk, that helped, until I was normal again.

Anyway from Jan 2007 until about a month ago I was just fine, eating, drinking and being quite merry then all hell broke loose again.

Oh by the way I discovered yesterday that this time psyllium husks are not a good thing...Holy Hanna, I thought I was going to explode yesterday..I kid you not! I'm still a bit gassy today, I did my shopping while not to discreetly "crop dusting" down the aisles.

So anyway where was I, I lost my train of thought.

I'll let you know how the Probiotic Yogurt works out for me.

Oh potatoes, not sure what I can eat really right now, Friday night I had some grilled salmon, some corn on the cob and a baked potato, and I had explosive D the next day, but also had the flu, it was not a good day.

I am sure I can eat pototoes alright though, it is just right now, it doesn't seem to matter what I eat it all comes out the same. Fast and loose, well loose is not the right term, I should be so lucky.

My Kingdom for a good turd. Ok I am laughing now. I am glad I found you guys.

[tex]

As someone has already pointed out, a few days ago, you do have a way with words. "'crop dusting' down the aisles" is a pretty dangerous way to pass the time, for someone with active MC.

Around the time of my colonoscopy and endoscopy and subsequent diagnosis, I went into full remission.

Mind you, I'm not recommending this as a treatment, but you are not the first to "fall into" remission, after going through a cleanout prep. In fact, (according to Polly), at one time, Dr. Fine was considering trying to perfect a "cleanout" regimen, for treating MC patients, because of that effect with some patients. Apparently, it didn't work out, (maybe it wasn't effective on a statistically significant number of patients), because I haven't seen any evidence that the idea has ever come to fruition. Apparently it works for a few, though, whose MC is triggered by SIBO, or who-knows-what. Sometimes a "chemical" shock to the intestine, can jolt it back to reality, (sorta like using an electrical shock to defibrillate the heart).

Tex

P S Have you come across Polly's motto yet? "Happiness is a dry fart."

[Rosie]

Tex, your comments about some people getting a spontaneous remission after a colonoscopy got me thinking. I had attributed my remission to cutting out all my supplements/herbal remedies, but I did that two days after my colonoscopy. I did have diarrhea during those two days, but it could have been a "left-over" effect from the colonoscopy. Of course those of us with MC are always looking for that magical item (food, stressor, condition) that when eliminated will end the problems, so we are always on the lookout for correlations. The way to test the colonoscopy theory would be for me to add back all the supplements and see what happens, and I'm not willing to do that.......not that dedicated a scientist!

[JLH]

You are not the only one laughing.

BTW, I do believe Van's waffles has soy. I had to throw out my Van's products after a few months of going GF. I was fine at first going GF but then not fine again so I eliminated soy. EnteroLab confirmed my new soy intolerance.

[JLH]

I plan on doing what one brilliant PP suggested: eat every intolerance food before colonscopy prep.

[Gas Bag]

I actually was starting to get a bit better before the colonoscopy/endoscopy, so maybe the final total cleaning out did do something. And good golly Miss Molly I couldn't believe there was anything left to clean out anyway, after having non-stop D for 4 months..where on earth "it "came from I have no idea!

But let me tell you I have a friend who was having chronic D and she took all the prep stuff to get cleaned out, even though she was not going to have a colonoscopy, and The D cleared up! How about that. So maybe there is something to that theory.

All aftenoon my guts were rumbling big time and about an hour after eating a cup of Stony Field Farm Organic Probiotic Yogurt I noticed the rumblings have stopped and I ate dinner and still no rumblings. Lately right after I eat something I can feel major movement in the nether regions. And things are still calm and silent.

I ate Van's by the caseload during my other bout and finally into remission, and they never bothered me. I count myself lucky then.

Well back to Bones, the TV show.

I'll report back in the morning. Maybe with some solid information. lol

[tex]

Rosie,

You were probably right - it was probably the supplements. If the cleanout prep had done it, you should have been D-free for those two days immediately after using it, also, IMO.


GB,

If the Stony Field Farm Yogurt stopped the rumblings, that's definitely a very promising sign.

We'll be looking forward to that solid information.

Tex

[Gas Bag]

The jury is still out, but I have been up for almost 45 minutes and I have not, I repeat, have not had to run into the bathroom yet.

If somebody would have told me a few years ago that one day I'd be sitting at my computer a 4:45 am poised at the keyboard anxiously awaiting a BM so I could share the out come with the world..

I'll be back later, I am sure you are all on pins and needles.

[tex]

Rats, now you're probably constipated.

Good luck.

Tex

[Gas Bag]

Rats, now you're probably constipated.

Good luck.

Tex

Oh ye of little faith.

Well I am by no means ready to sound the trumpets, but I finally went and OMG, it was a nice, oh wait, Norman was here. I am in a state of schock actually. I am even looking forward to my next meal. No rumbling gut this morning after my bowl of Rice Chex and a half a measuring cup of yogurt. Really this is quite astounding. I am really anxious to see what the next few days will be like. This is the first sign of progress in a month.

I am doing the Walter Huston Happy Dance.

Honestly this forum has the best and more smiley's than I have EVER seen in my life on the internet. I love it!

[JLH]

Keep on keeping on..........

I think you could do stand up comedy for sure.

[Gas Bag]

Thanks Joan, only with the right audience. We have to have a sense of humor with this disease otherwise we'd go crazy. Mother Nature sure has a warped sense of humor sometimes doesn't she.

I hate to get over excited about this, but I know all of you can relate to what a thrill it is to have something solid and no gut rumblings. My intestional region is still quit tender and sore, but it doesn't feel like a boxing match is going on in there anymore.

It would be worth a shot for others to try if they can. My 81 year old mom has had problems with lactose all of her life and also has had part of her colon removed do to diverticulosis or itis, I never remember which it is, she can eat yogurt with no problems. She also can't hardly ever leave her house for fear of a major D attack, and she refuses to use a public bathroom, so that makes it pretty damn hard for her.

I come from a long line of people with colon problems of some sort or other. My maternal grandma, one aunt and my mom. My grandma and aunt both died of cancer, not colon cancer though, but they were both plagued with almost constant D. They never got checked for Microscopic Colitis, but after I was diagnosed with LC I rather suspect they had the same condition.

Deb