MICROSCOPIC COLITIS SUPPORT

I've been doing a gluten-free diet for some time now with pretty good results. Still having D but overall feeling much better. Then tonight, I was really straining while going to the bathroom. Nothing much would come out, there was bright red blood on the toilet paper. I've never had anything like t...

I've only just finished the first year of my first "real job" so I can't comment much on how MC had affected my career, but I can certainly say that MC had a huge impact on me during school. I was diagnosed in high school, and had a terrible time balancing homework, friends, extracurricula...

Thanks for all your advice! I'm going to start the elimination diet tomorrow, I'll let you know how it goes. I'll definitely look into the supplements as well. Both my mom and grandmother have osteoporosis, so I'm sure I'm at high risk. I'll have to get some vitD and calcium supplements asap.

Rachel

Hi all I'm about to start limiting my diet to see if I can get some relief from my symptoms. I asked my new GI about it, and she sort of belittled the idea and didn't offer me any constructive advice (not unexpected at all). Regardless, I think this is the right step to take. I'm thinking of elimina...

Hi Polly! I live in Silver Spring, but I have quite a few friends that live in your neck of the woods...Timonium and Towson specifically. According to Enterolab's website, "The states of New York and Maryland do not allow their residents to purchase medical testing directly from a clinical labo...

Thanks for all of your warm welcomes! I'm interested in having some testing done through enterolab, but I live in Maryland and apparently Maryland residents can't order testing straight through clinical labs. I'll be looking into that though.

Hi! I'm new to the board, but not so new to MC. I was diagnosed at age 14, after suffering from MC symptoms for as long as I could remember. I'm 23 now, so you'd think this would all be old hat to me at this point, but that's not really the case. As a result of being diagnosed so young, and in the m...