MICROSCOPIC COLITIS SUPPORT

Thank you Leah. My Lyme specialist also recommended a gluten free diet today. So, all signs say "yes"!
Difficult week to start though, with Thanksgiving!

Thanks Tex, for all the information and support. I'm going to read through it again tomorrow when I'm not so tired from the Lialda.
It sounds like it's more and more worth giving up the gluten!

Thank you Leah and Tex! I have so much to learn. I'd given up dairy, but the day symptoms returned this time, I had a small piece of my daughter's homemade birthday cake which had whipped cream in the frosting. Gave it up again, but symptoms remain. I've never felt good after using soy, and have bee...

Carol I enjoyed your reply and found it very encouraging. As a newcomer here, I appreciate the "long view" very much, as well as the support and hope.

Thanks!

Hi all! New here so bear with me! I had symptoms, but relatively mild and not long lasting, for years before being diagnosed in 2007. I tried a short course of 2 meds the GI doc said "cured" 50% of people, no luck with me. Not sure what they were. So I've just "managed" it with a...

Interesting, thanks. Yes, we can't abdicate our healthcare to doctors, only delegate with our minds active.

Entocort worked for me but caused severe anxiety, to the point of begging for an injection of lorazepam from my pcp. Interesting how different people tolerate different things. The long term use of steroids seems to cause problems for most though it seems.

Good luck!

Wow, interesting! It also helps my low blood pressure but makes my CC worse.

That's very encouraging to hear! Thanks for sharing hope.

Thanks so much. It is indeed quite overwhelming to be dealing with this, newly diagnosed, or like me, newly taking it seriously!

No carbs didn't help me at all, made me VERY weak. I find that any amount of high fat food, starts my symptoms. Rice, particularly the rice in baby cereal, should be easily tolerated so I wonder too if it was the bacon? I know if I eat chicken skin (a favorite of mine when crispy) I always pay for i...