MICROSCOPIC COLITIS SUPPORT

Thanks everyone! I haven't been on-line for a couple of days and just found these messages this evening. I had a wonderful birthday with beautiful weather and the entire day spent with family and grandchildren. Best birthday ever, and I've been feeling great. Today I ate my first salad since Novembe...

I found it in the refrigerated section, near the prepared salads and cheeses.

Hi Leah
I was at TJ last night and found gluten free par-baked flatbread pizza crust and it is awesome! Just put on toppings that work for you and bake 6-10 minutes.

Ingredients:
Rice flour
Water
Sugar
Potato flour
Yeast
Olive oil
Tapioca flour
Xanthan gum
Salt
Garlic powder

Great photo and so nice that you had an opportunity to connect in person!

Tex, regarding your comments about the mouth and mucosal tissue - for the past several weeks I have had large, painful canker sores in my mouth and on my tongue. I was quick to blame a new supplement prescribed by my ND for adrenal function until it occurred to me that I had started chewing some GF ...

Thanks for all the links to articles relating to LDN, Tex. They are very informative. Monique, I had forgotten that the first two nights I took LDN I did have extremely vivid dreams, but I always dream a lot and I usually remember them upon waking, so it didn't seem unusual to me. I am sleeping extr...

Haha!! I totally agree :)

Monique, I walked away from my GI after the first appointment with him, when he insisted that a course of corticosteroids would "cure" my LC and that dietary changes would have "no effect whatsoever." The LDN was prescribed by my naturopathic physician/acupuncturist and yes, it i...

Hi Monique It has pretty much gotten rid of D, unless I inadvertently eat gluten. I am able to eat most fruits and veggies now. I no longer have gut pain when I eat, and no more embarrassingly loud noises coming from my intestines. I'm also sleeping much better, but that might be because overall I a...

I'm on 4.5 mg, taken right before bed.

I have been on low dose Naltrexone since December and it has helped me tremendously. I plan to keep taking it as long as it keeps working for me, in combination with the elimination of known trigger foods. Other than continued low energy and occasional days of extreme fatigue, my symptoms have mostl...

Hi Monique I return to the BRAT diet for a day or two and it seems to do the trick. Tex, I am also finding sugar and carbs to be an issue, and doing my best to cut back on them. I stay home, if possible, and do creative things like sewing or quilting to pass the time, unless the brain fog is too thi...

Thanks, Tex. I guessed that going GF probably played a role, so what you're saying confirms that. I'm still not sure whether I should be concerned about the numbers, but I am otherwise feeling good so I guess I won't worry about it unless I start passing out ;) Thanks for the info!

Hi Leah I've always had low blood pressure, too, but this seems especially low. I am still recovering from my knee surgery - 6 weeks in and another 6 weeks of physical therapy to go. Went off the anti-inflammatories within the first two days, but my knee was so incredibly swollen I relented and went...

Is low blood pressure a side effect of going gluten free? Mine has been consistently low, most recently 90/60, and I'm wondering if there is a connection?