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Hi Lisa, I am fairly new to this disease, and this message board also. It is because of the wonderful caring people here that I am getting better. If it weren't for everyone here I would still be sitting around crying and in a fog, eating gluten and getting worse. A lot of doctors do not believe that gluten has any connection with MC, my own doctor included. I learned about food intolerances right here on this message board. Once I went gluten free I improved drastically. Even the constant day in and day out headache that I have carried for well over 5 years has diminished. As you begin researching this disease I think you'll find that food intolerances have alot to do with this disease. For me, it seems to only be gluten that causes my reaction, but many people here experience more than one food intolerance.
Also, I want to mention that I totally understand anxiety, I have it myself. I am agoraphobic, and have anxiety/panic disorder. And I know just what you mean about the potty problems causing the anxiety to hit the roof.
Anyway, I just want to say welcome to the board, and as you've already seen the people here are amazing, they can help with all your questions, concerns, worries, and anguish.
Just hang in there, things will get better
Lori
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That certainly makes sense. The Prilosec probably initiated the process, and the antibiotic was the "straw that broke the camel's back", and it quickly completed the process.Lisa wrote:I still believe it was from the amoxi and then the flagyl. Gastro also thought that the prilosec i took for a while could have had something to do with it also
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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.
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Linda in BC
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WELCOME to our web forum family, Lisa.
Sorry that you have MC, and have had such a rough go of it in such a short time. I never had a lot of pain so don't know what to say about this, except I get relief from Physeme when I do get it. I am happy to hear that your Drs put you on Entocort right away.. we just had a thread discussion on here recently listing all the different (and ineffective) treatments some of us, who have had this disease for many years, were given over the years. After 13 years of MC, and numerous failed treatments, but mostly just coping as best I could, I started Entocort a month and half ago and got relief immediately. I had been eating Gluten Free for four months, and a very basic diet, but still needed the Entocort to remission of symptoms. You should be seeing improvement soon, hopefully, especially if you modify your diet as well.
To add to what has been said, fibre is not our friend so you should avoid salads, nuts, raw veggies and fresh fruit for now (though bananas seem to be OK for most of us) , and you might have to experiment to find what kinds of well-cooked vegetables work for you Everyone seems to be different with what veggies they can eat. Most ( but not all) can eat most meats; some can eat potatoes, most of us can eat rice.
There is a huge amount of knowledge in the people on this board so ask away... and yes, lots of kindness.. We all know what it is to suffer from this. You have come to the best place for help with MC.
Linda
Sorry that you have MC, and have had such a rough go of it in such a short time. I never had a lot of pain so don't know what to say about this, except I get relief from Physeme when I do get it. I am happy to hear that your Drs put you on Entocort right away.. we just had a thread discussion on here recently listing all the different (and ineffective) treatments some of us, who have had this disease for many years, were given over the years. After 13 years of MC, and numerous failed treatments, but mostly just coping as best I could, I started Entocort a month and half ago and got relief immediately. I had been eating Gluten Free for four months, and a very basic diet, but still needed the Entocort to remission of symptoms. You should be seeing improvement soon, hopefully, especially if you modify your diet as well.
To add to what has been said, fibre is not our friend so you should avoid salads, nuts, raw veggies and fresh fruit for now (though bananas seem to be OK for most of us) , and you might have to experiment to find what kinds of well-cooked vegetables work for you Everyone seems to be different with what veggies they can eat. Most ( but not all) can eat most meats; some can eat potatoes, most of us can eat rice.
There is a huge amount of knowledge in the people on this board so ask away... and yes, lots of kindness.. We all know what it is to suffer from this. You have come to the best place for help with MC.
Linda
"Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible."
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