MICROSCOPIC COLITIS SUPPORT

Excellent stuff and totally deserved. Well done Tex!

Thanks Gabes! The hardest part was jumping through the immigration hoops to get my wife to the UK - the previous 12 months leading up to the successful visa application had been very stressful for us and on my MC in particular. Unfortunately, governments don't think about how their draconian rules h...

Thanks Tex and Chemgirl. I've just got back from the supermarket with a jar of almond butter and can't wait to try it in the morning. They also had cashew butter so I will try that next. The frozen banana recipe sounds delicious and I don't think there is anything strange about a dash on a baked pot...

I'll check it out thanks. I've only just returned from the UK after living in Ecuador for many years and I'm still inexperienced with what's out there for people on limited diets (in comparison to Ecuador which had little) What do you eat the almond butter with? So far I'm snacking on GF bread and c...

Thanks Blueberry for your input. I have the same dilemma with cashews as I also know they are giving me an energy boost that I need to get through my working day and I don't know what I can replace them with. Coffee also helps me to get motivated but I try and limit myself to two cups otherwise it i...

My Enterolab results came out as negative on all nuts so since I returned to the UK in June I've added Cashews into my diet as a snack between breakfast and lunch. For the last two months I've had superb, smile inducing norman-style BMs, on average 2 times a day. I'm sure the fibre in the nuts are h...

James, The statement that you quoted is one of biggest advances reported in the article. The original medical description of CC and LC did not include any mention of abdominal pain, so doctors naturally assumed that pain was not a symptom of MC. Consequently for decades, whenever MC patients compla...

Interesting read. The stat about Rome II criteria I found most interesting as someone who previously had been fobbed off with IBS in the past (doctors in Ecuador still confuse my diagnosis of IBD with IBS): "Abdominal pain is a common symptom in MC. Abdominal discomfort or cramps may occur in u...

tex wrote: And yes, it's certainly possible that the parasites might be a perpetual problem causing those nagging symptoms. Your moving back to the UK may provide us with some new insight into a possible aspect of the disease.

Tex

I certainly don't mind being a guinea pig!

Incidentally, your second gene allele is rather uncommon, and the subtype 4 alleles are the only ones known that are not associated with non-celiac gluten sensitivity. Tex Sorry Tex I´m not sure what you mean there. Are you saying that the subtype 4 alleles contradict with the gluten sensitivity ge...

Thanks Tex, much appreciated. Perhaps my environmental conditions (namely consuming parasite infested water for the last 3 years), which have been impossible to avoid, have made me into a non typical case. On top of that, my LC does appear to be a lighter form than what many people suffer with. I´ve...

Hi Tex I don´t have the results to hand right now but I believe I did have IGA blood tests 2 years ago as part of my testing for celiac disease (negative). Could the low anti-gliadin antibody level be explained by me being on a very strict gluten free diet for a year? Please feel free to post my res...

Hi folks. I finally managed to order my Enterolab tests from Ecuador and just got the results back today which I´ve posted below. I would be really grateful for a second opinion since I ordered this on the recommendation of forum members and not via a doctor. My Anti-gliadin is the only elevated ran...

Good luck with this next step Tex and I hope we can keep offering our support and feedback should you need it.

I think the simpler the better and I prefer your original mock ups Tex with the side circle. Just because "microscope" is included as the name it doesn't mean you have to include it in the design - the Foundation's title says exactly what it is and any design should just complement the Fou...