MICROSCOPIC COLITIS SUPPORT

Have any of you tried or thought of trying an elemental diet? Have any of you thought you might have small intestine bacterial overgrowth, and if so, have you explored possible treatment options. If so, what have you tried?

One more question, Tex,

Would taking endocort cause TSH level? I'm not taking endocort now, but when the test was done I'd been on the full dose for almost 2 years.

Thanks, Tex. :)

The 3.38 was in 2012. The 0.16 was maybe six months ago. I don't understand why these numbers are so different or if the different doctors used different labs. I maybe should've asked for all my results, but they charge per page to have the actual copies, I believe. I'll chat with my rheumatologist ...

Thanks, Tex. :)

No wonder these things are so confusing!

Thanks, Tex, She may have misspoken. It was actually my gyno that took the test, which I found slightly odd, and I never heard back, so figured there wasn't a problem. But now my rheumatologist is asking if I'd had my thyroid tested, so I tracked down the results, and curious, asked what they were. ...

Thanks for responding, Pat! I don't have the ranges for the most recent ones--the 0.16, 314, and 1.4--as I was told over the phone. For the other results, all they did was the TSH, and that gave me 3.380 with the range being 0.400 to 5.00 So, based on your question, and I correct to assume that perh...

I'm not sure if this is significant, but in 2012, my TSH was 3.38. I don't know if there's different ways to test TSH, and if that would account for the change. Or if maybe it's normal for this to fluctuate.

I received blood work for my thyroid. I think they're normal, but figured y'all would know more about these results.

TSH 0.16
T33 314
T43 1.4

Thanks!

Actually, I think the article is saying the pain response is due to a problem with blood flow or the sympathetic processes that regulate blood flow rather than just the brain processing nerve signals wrong or differently. (That's what they meant, I think, by previously attributing it to a problem wi...

I'm glad it's helped you! What are rare eggs, etc.?

Sheila, I'm so sorry you're dealing with such stress. Nothing can break a mother's heart like seeing their child struggle. :(

Do you like the results of following it? (Not only for colitis but in general.)

Oh, ok. :) Thanks, Leah.

A friend is seeing a gastro who recommended this for her, and I read a bit about it, then remembered seeing it mentioned here a time or two.

How many of you follow paleo (even if a modified version), why'd you do that, and how do you like it?