MICROSCOPIC COLITIS SUPPORT

I quit drinking my daily Diet Coke several months ago, after I read that artificial sweeteners could be bad for my MC. After I found this forum, I started working with a nutritionist. She commented that quitting Diet Coke was a must. She has worked with me on simplifying my food to eliminate process...

Since my diagnosis, I went to a nutritionist. I now take a product called Pro Bono, which is for bone building and retention. It includes many vitamins and includes zinc. I assume, then, that zinc must aid in bone building and retention. This product is rather expensive, but it is free from gluten, ...

I have been meeting with a nutritionist to help me figure out how to eat gluten free. I found her through a Saturday morning radio show in the Twin Cities called "Dishing Up Nutrition." I would catch some of this program on my way to the golf course, and heard them talk about how bad glute...

I remember the three week wait really testing my patience. Hang in there. Gathering as much "material" as Enterolab needs is really strange when you have to put it in the freezer. It really felt weird taking it to the UPS store for delivery. Even though I was just below the lower range for...

I believe you are on to the answer in your last thought, Tex. As government funding is reduced for research, we have more private companies funding pseudo research that seems to arrive at the conclusions they want in order to sell their products. You sure become cynical after finding out these thing...

My dog has been grain free for a number of years. Locally, a dog trainer has a radio show on which she always asks what people are feeding their dogs. She wrote a cook book for dogs, which I purchased last year. My dog eats some grain free dry in the morning and my cooked food at night ( chicken wit...

MHz, I was told by the GI doc that untwisted my volvulus that it was very unusual for somebody as young as I was. I certainly didn't think I was young at the age of 60. Apparently, this is a condition that happens more to elderly people in nursing homes. I can't imagine that happening to somebody wi...

Hi Tracy, Your experience with your appendix sounds like mine from my childhood. The surgeon found mine up near my liver. Three years ago, I had a volvulus, which is a twisted colon. Mine was twisted shut. It was incredibly painful, coming in waves. In the ER, I watched my blood pressure spike every...

Jan, I am another of the newbies posting this week for the first time. I was diagnosed with collagenous colitis at the end of November. I am now on my 8th week on budesonide, which is helping. I decided that I was worth spending the money on Enterolab testing, as long as I could afford it. Even thou...

Tex - feel free to include my test results with the others. While I have a more difficult time reading your book due to the technical nature, I understand why you needed to write it that way. I am amazed that a non-medical person could do that kind of research and complex writing. I also have wonder...

Hello to all the veterans on this board. I was diagnosed with CC after a colonoscopy on Nov. 28. It seems my colon has been my weak point all my life. I lived with constipation most of my life. I finally began to understand what was happening when I had my first colonoscopy after my older brother wa...