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by Marsha
Thu Aug 01, 2013 6:54 pm
Forum: Main Message Board
Topic: My Doc wants me to take 15 charcoal caps a day for a week
Replies: 20
Views: 2321

Coconut oil

Hello,
I am experience a sudden recurrence of watery D, and just realized it coincideswith my using coconut oil with a new chicken and root vegetable recipes. Are those of us with MC susceptible to coconut intolerance?
Thanks for being here!
by Marsha
Fri Feb 01, 2013 6:13 am
Forum: Main Message Board
Topic: Follow-up Post from Newbie
Replies: 4
Views: 590

Maybe, just maybe, the D problem was the probiotic Florastor. My GI had recently instructed me to double up on it. Now I see that it has milk in it. Yesterday I did not take any Florastor at all, and this morning I was nearly Norman.
by Marsha
Thu Jan 31, 2013 5:29 am
Forum: Main Message Board
Topic: Follow-up Post from Newbie
Replies: 4
Views: 590

Forgot to mention

I am also taking the probiotic Florastor, 4 pills daily.
by Marsha
Thu Jan 31, 2013 5:20 am
Forum: Main Message Board
Topic: Follow-up Post from Newbie
Replies: 4
Views: 590

Follow-up Post from Newbie

After posting about my flare earlier this month, I was diagnosed with C diff. My GI prescribed Flagyl and had me decrease the Entocort to 3 mg per day until the antibiotic was finished. After two weeks of Flagyl, now I am back on 9 mg Entocort. I am also taking Cholestryamine packets twice daily. Du...
by Marsha
Sun Jan 13, 2013 10:03 pm
Forum: Main Message Board
Topic: Newbie wonders: What to eat during flare-up?
Replies: 9
Views: 1745

Today has been my best day so far, and I am planning to return to teaching tomorrow. On Thursday my Gyn saw me and spent 45 minutes with me, though she had to squeeze me into an already full appointment schedule. I brought my iPad with me and showed her this support forum and some other information ...
by Marsha
Wed Jan 09, 2013 7:16 pm
Forum: Main Message Board
Topic: Newbie wonders: What to eat during flare-up?
Replies: 9
Views: 1745

Thanks

Hi Linda, I ordered the book and it should be here in 2 days. Although I have mostly been vegetarian for 12 years, I feel pretty much desperate enough to try your turkey soup recipe. I was strictly vegan on the Hallelujah Diet for the first 9 years as I fought widely metastatic endometrial stromal s...
by Marsha
Wed Jan 09, 2013 5:45 pm
Forum: Main Message Board
Topic: Newbie wonders: What to eat during flare-up?
Replies: 9
Views: 1745

Newbie wonders: What to eat during flare-up?

Greetings and thank you for being here, Although I was diagnosed with LC in 2003, I have not had major problems until this week. Now suddenly I am wondering if I will get my life back and be able to return to the music teaching profession which I love. I have been on-and-off GF for 4 years, and the ...

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