MICROSCOPIC COLITIS SUPPORT

Kilt, thank you for the great summary regarding the risks of the flu shot, which is small. My postulation was based on coincidence, as we know coincidence does not mean causation. I think its great that we are having a dialogue about this issue as it does seem that there is a statistically significa...

Hi Kilt, here is a link to a site run by “Local Harvest” that has many listings in Connecticut for places that sell duck eggs. https://www.localharvest.org/search.jsp?jmp&scale=7&lat=41.679707&lon=-72.93139&nm=Duck+eggs Kilt at the top of the screen you can not only change what you a...

Hi Tex, thanks for setting up the poll, it will be interesting to see if there are any trends. As suspected the flu shot does contain egg protein. This is noted by a CDC article regarding those with egg allergies to avoid the flu vaccines. https://acaai.org/allergies/types/food-allergies/types-food-...

Kilt you are quite correct to be suspicious of chicken eggs, many here have identified those as a problem food, including myself. For me its a guaranteed sensitivity. For the longest time I have simply avoided them. Recently I have been substituting chicken eggs for duck eggs and WOW I can now have ...

Garina, the thymus gland that they took the CT image of can get abnormal in some cases of MG. The thymus gland produces T cells (Thymus cells), which are part of the immune system. With a thymus gland that has abnormalities the T cells can wreak a bit of havoc on the body in the autoimmune sense. If...

Hi Garina, I have been a member here for a number of years and was first diagnosed with MC (CC) and about 4 years later Myasthenia Gravis (MG). Overall MG can wax and wane just be cogniscent in how it is affecting you and really learn to listen to what your body is telling you. Stay in close contact...

Hello to you Polly as well and great comments about the flavors of the foods that have been discussed in this thread. I am pretty lucky that I live in farm country (more or less) and that within just a few miles we have several organic farms, so sourcing fresh clean fruits and veggies is easy and ye...

Hello Deb, Jean & Tex. I am doing pretty well, it was a very tough few years medically, but things have settled down. Jean I remember taking those pictures, that was a great visit, thank you for having me & Nestle over. If I remember correctly that picture was taken at the park just across f...

Polly good post and great topic overall. You are very correct regarding the tactics used by many of the large chemical and food industries. They will stop at just about nothing in the pursuit profits. Like you this year we are getting all of our meats and vegetables from a local community farm. The ...

One option is to have a 'virtual' colonoscopy, meaning they image your intestinal tract with an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scan with and without a certain type of contrast agent they give you in your IV. This past summer I had my sigmoid colon removed, as it has perforated, which ruled out a p...

Nancy that is great news, I work right near Woburn and my audiologist is in Woburn, I have to go over there every 8 weeks to check on the hearing aids, so why not stop by.

Thanks !!

Deb the entocort will provide the quickest most direct relief for the UC right now, and even some oral prednisone might be used short term.. As Gabes mentioned I do have Crohns, MC (CC) and I did until recent bowel resection surgery, had diverticulitis. Overall when your son is this flared up its im...

Deb in the early part of Crohns many do not know they have it until eithier digestive problems arose or pain starts up. I had Crohns for about 3 years before I felt any real pain, the probability is that I had Crohns for longer than the diagnosis as the symptoms were pretty mild. In the early stages...

You know ribs and sauce sound good. Once my appetite comes back I do need to make another batch of the sauce.

Hmmm Polly I wish I read this post earlier. As some of you know I just had a 2 month adventure in the hospital where my : is now a ; Sorry I could not resist. I'll go into details in another post but basically I had a colectomy with the removal of the sigmoid colon now making my colon a semi-colon. ...