MICROSCOPIC COLITIS SUPPORT

Well, I won't be in a situation that will require the military to provide my meals, meaning I won't go to a place where I'd be eating MREs or anything. I haven't found anything about any gluten-free MREs. Has anyone else? Anyway, when we're not deployed and we've made enough rank, the military provi...

I posted a topic awhile back asking if I would be able to stay in the military now that I've been diagnosed w/ LC and am on a gluten-free diet. Well, the results are in... I'm able to stay in at least another year (it's reviewed on a yearly basis) with restrictions (Code C-1) on where I can go. I de...

Thank you both so much for your quick replies! I'm going to take all this to my military doctor and see how the cookie crumbles (the gluten-free cookie, of course)! I'm also going to see about getting my son to a pediatric GI doctor, if one exists! Our pediatrician is awesome, but I'm hoping to get ...

Well, I was put on Asacol first... did not see any change in the symptoms. In fact, I think they got worse. More nausea, vomiting, the big "D"... wasn't too pleasant. So I took myself off of that. Then my GI gave me Pentasa. It seemed to work w/ the D. In fact, it turned into constipation,...

Hello all! Just found this website and I think it's absolutely fantastic! I'm a newly diagnosed 29 yr old female that is currently active duty military. One of my many thousands of questions is this... will I be able to stay in the military? I'm trying to research this all... the doctors are unfortu...