MICROSCOPIC COLITIS SUPPORT

It's been a while since I've posted--have been lurking some, but haven't had much time to write. Now that the summer swim season is over (I ran the team--150 swimmers!) and the kids are back in school, I actually have some time to myself...it's quite heavenly... Things are status quo with me. I'm st...

You all beat me to it--I hope all the mom's out there have a lovely day!

Wendy

Your thyroid could very well be causing some of the other issues, though...so perhaps if there is a problem and they take care of it, maybe some other things will clear up right along with it!

Here's hoping for a great day for you, Barbara!

Wendy

Mary, I can sympathize with you! Last year my daughter fell out of a tree and broke her thumb, then about 3 weeks later my son fell and we thought he broke his wrist. Fortunately, it was only sprained, but you can't take chances on things like that, can you? One fall between the 2 boys we had 5 ER v...

Oh...what was he like? I'd love to hear him speak at a conference or something. I'm hoping he publishes his research soon--I'd like him to be validated for all the good work he's doing down there in Texas!

Wendy

Thanks, Matthew...this definitelly helps explain it!

Beautiful here in Denver today, isn't it?

Wendy

No problem, Alice--I found it! If I may ask, how did you know to get tested for gluten sensitivity if you had no symptoms? I guess I had symptoms for years but never knew it, so it can go either way! I have to say it is very ironic to me that the kid with the fewest symptoms had the highest number. ...

Yuck--I have to agree, it IS very depressing. It's to the point where you just don't know what to eat any more. Makes you want to just go grow all your own food because you just don't trust whwere it comes from or what's in it.

Thanks everyone...I have to agree with you all...with mixed feelings, though. It certainly will be easier at home with the entire house gluten free, the hard part, as you all know, is eating out and when they're away from home. The kids have been back on gluten and haven't been reporting any GI symp...

Hi Tex or anyone else with an opinion here...just got the kids' results back from Enterolab. On the advice of Dr. Lewey, I only did the antigliadin for everyone, and the results were not very surprising...normal levels, of course, are <10. We had one at 12, one at 15 and one at 21. What was surprisi...

Yikes, Peggy! Thank goodness the mammo was clean and you don't have to worry about that on top of the strike. I'm so sorry you have to go through that. Any thoughts on how long it will take for the strike to settle? Sometimes you can't predict, but sometimes you can forsee that it's not going to be ...

Me too! I'd do just about anything to get rid of mine...it's usually not too bad during the day, but when it's quiet it drives me insane! I went to an ENT back in VA and they did lots of tests, but other than suggesting a low-sodium diet, she had nothing to offer me.

Sandy--you and I are twins!! I found out in January that I, too, have lc, and in March that I have celiac. I am in the same spot you are--feeling like you-know-what and sick of it, and am sick of eating meat, eggs and veggies. I am eating cooked veggies and some salads, though I never feel well afte...

Tex, I have also read in several places that mc is considered by some to be autoimmune. I have to agree with you that it will take them 40 years to figure out what we who have it already suspect! Dr. Lewey told me that he thinks LC is celiac of the large intestine, which would then put it in the sam...

Liz, Thanks for sharing your cpap experience with me. I am hopeful that it will help, though I do hear that it takes a while to get used to it. My doc gave me some Ambien to take while I'm getting used to it. As he said, if you never get used to wearing it, you just won't use it, so what's the point...