MICROSCOPIC COLITIS SUPPORT

Oh, Michelle, so sorry you're having a bad day. It's extremely frustrating, I know. Take care of yourself and try to rest.

Joyce

There is a blood test for the Celiac genes that some insurance will cover. I think it costs them approx. $750, or it did when our daughter's wellness doctor used it to diagnose her Celiac. The cheek swab test from EnteroLab costs approx. $160, when we did our whole family three years ago. Sometimes,...

Hi Michelle, Yes, it's an autoimmune disease. A lot of sites I've seen on the internet say it is not because, they don't see inflammation in the gut. In fact, my gut was just gorgeous. No problems, we thought. Then, the biopsy report. Interestingly though, my GI doctor had done a blood test on me fo...

Thank you, Tex. That's great information for me. I am struggling this morning. Perhaps it was the 3 baby aspirin I took yesterday. I'll avoid that again, for sure. We do make our own bone broth and it has proven to be a good healer. It does wonders for some of my skin issues. I am happy with your gu...

Tex, Thank you for replying. I do have CC, so I HAVE read that NSAID use can possibly be the cause. I researched it a few months ago, because of other symptoms I was having...tinnitus and sudden hypertension (where my BP has always been low). So, actually, I had stopped taking those (for the most pa...

New member and just diagnosed a few days ago with MC. On a couple of meds (one expensive enough to make me want to heal) that have helped me a ton. Not producing all my digestive enzymes, so had endoscopy on Tuesday to check my pancreas, liver, etc.. The procedure only lasted 10 minutes and my GI sa...