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- Sun Jan 19, 2014 8:08 pm
- Forum: Main Message Board
- Topic: problem with oxalates?
- Replies: 5
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- Sat Jan 18, 2014 6:35 am
- Forum: Main Message Board
- Topic: sore rear end!
- Replies: 41
- Views: 9381
- Fri Jan 17, 2014 10:09 pm
- Forum: Main Message Board
- Topic: sore rear end!
- Replies: 41
- Views: 9381
I wanted to add that I had what I consider to be very bad symptoms of burning and itching for YEARS as result of MC-really unpleasant. I also have lichens sclerosis, which is an auto-immune condition that affects that area of the body. The only thing that worked was a prescription steroid cream that...
- Fri Jan 17, 2014 8:46 pm
- Forum: Main Message Board
- Topic: problem with oxalates?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 771
Quinoa
I appreciate your question because I have also had a hard time with quinoa despite it being "gluten free." I am 16 months into my healing process and I am just beginning to be able to digest it without having a bad reaction. When I ate it early on, I would get explosive D. It could be the ...
- Wed Nov 06, 2013 8:46 pm
- Forum: Member Success Stories
- Topic: I got my life back!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3896
I got my life back!
I read Tex's book 14 months ago and for the first time was hopeful that at some point in the future I could lead a somewhat normal life. I have had MC for approximately 20 years and the symptoms had gotten quite bad. Not only did I have diarrhea 5-10 times a day, but I had begun to lose control of t...
- Sun Jan 06, 2013 6:58 pm
- Forum: Main Message Board
- Topic: Encouragement Needed!
- Replies: 50
- Views: 5564
Tex was right, of course
I posted a couple of weeks ago that green smoothies were a good idea. After 4 weeks on them, I am giving up the ghost and going back to limited vegetables, well cooked. My problem has been and still is that I am not able to tell very well what is causing me problems. After almost 4 months of being g...
- Wed Dec 19, 2012 8:46 am
- Forum: Main Message Board
- Topic: Encouragement Needed!
- Replies: 50
- Views: 5564
Susie, It's great that you have a VitaMix. I love mine and use it for green smoothies and soups. I put spinach and/or kale, cucumbers, avocados, carrots, and experiment with all of the green leafy vegies in the produce section such as bok choy, chard, etc. In addition to Tex's book (which is excelle...
- Tue Dec 18, 2012 3:47 pm
- Forum: Main Message Board
- Topic: Encouragement Needed!
- Replies: 50
- Views: 5564
Hi Susie, I also want to offer you encouragement and hugs. I have had MC for about 20 years and it was only after reading Tex's book that I realized that there was hope of getting better. I was on Entocort for a year, but started getting very bad cramps and went off. I have been Gluten, dairy, nut, ...