MICROSCOPIC COLITIS SUPPORT

Tex, I'm with you= I think it's high time he educates himself!! His nurse who has been helping me was also sent to the same GI and got the same results as me--still is no better and is floundering on her own also. She now believes she also has it (Celiac/gluten intolerance) so I hope she can persuad...

Hi My friends, I wanted to post an update. Tried again to get in to my GP after waiting 2 weeks for my blood work to get back to him still to get treated for the anxiety. Had spoken to his nurse and told her the whole ordeal again and asked her to gather as many records as she can get from before I ...

Thanks Carol M...I can look into that. I think I need to do some independant testing. I want a diagnosis and some HELP. they're just telling me i have all this shtuff and shoo me out the door- they're not helping me. shi* I can get nexium over the counter cant I? That's all they've given me. Not tha...

Hi Guys, Sorry I haven't been on- my hard drive went in my computer!! AAAK! Back online now... So, I went to that stupid Dr today and she said my biopsy results for celiac came back negative. I asked her how many samples she took- she said 6. Okay wait- back up when they took my vitals- my anxiety-h...

Now I know that I have had rickets my whole life- as far back as I can remember my leg bones hurt at night. I used to play this "game" where I would rub the bottoms of my feet on the sheets until the friction made them hot...taking my mind off the leg pain. When I complained as a child the...

Hi Leah and Suze, I have been BEGGING my Dr's to take my blood to test for deficiencies. I KNOW that is part of my problem!! They still haven't taken a drop of blood. I hesitate to supplement without knowing what the deficiencies are on top of not wanting to screw the tests up when they finally do g...

Not sure if I mentioned this part of my Mom's history. In her 20's her stomach was so ulcerated that they ended up removing it and giving her a goat's stomach. It didn't survive either but she always drank goat's milk. poor lady. Last night I was sitting here thinking about how many different Dr.s I...

Here is a link for the water kefir--seems easy enough. I have artesian well, spring water with lots of minerals. http://www.culturesforhealth.com/water-kefir-starter-kit.html Still confused about the tolerances. I stopped the dairy. I know that gluten is the bad one. I have immediate reactions to it...

Thanks Deanna--so many confusing variables...maybe that's why my brain hurts ;) Right the ranch dressing- is gluten free, but yogurt base. Dh is one of those guys who mostly goes for ranch on his salad so it wont go to waste. No way am I eating raw carrots without dip- blech! Well I used carrots in ...

Thanks! Gonna whip up some soup then. Is chobani lemon yogurt okay? I know it's dairy...I thought I'd read somewhere where yogurt was okay-it's very plain and organic. I also have a yogurt maker- can make my own. Does anyone make kefir? I'd like to try the non-dairy version i think. I was always abl...

Thanks for your support. No one from either Dr's office called me back. Still suffering from the anxiety as well as nausea and a terrible headache at the base of my skull- I think tension headache, I feel it in my jaw also. I can't eat and still having a hard time thinking. I just don't know what to...

Thanks everyone...I made it through the surgery. I'm so full of anxiety right now I can barely function. Between that and I don't know if it's fog brain or still from the anesthesia on Monday. In a nutshell, I reached out to the patient advocate at the hospital before surgery. She saw the swelling a...

Every time I have been sick in my life it has been around stressful times. I always thought I was just one of those people who get sick when run down. So I have taken the effort to make sure I get rest and stay away from sick people. I told my GI Dr I get sick when stressed. She looks at me and says...

I have been gluten-free for 20 days...and I know I am healing but I feel like I have reached REM sleeep for the first time in my life. I have always had problems sleeping- I nap at night! Never can nap during the day either. REM sleep is nice.

Tex, I wouldn't say the pain is extremely painful- or I would've sought ER help. It hurts and it's in a line/strip. The pain does tend to disappear sometimes, I will notice it is not bugging me at the moment but soon it flares again. It feels like a bee sting sometimes- throbbing and inflamed or it ...