MICROSCOPIC COLITIS SUPPORT

I used to have a grinder, but I had to do fairly large batches (consider I'm just cooking for me) and it was just too much to store. I like to try different things for nutritional variety, which meant I'd have a big batch of a lot of things that went bad before I got to them. Now, if I'm just cookin...

Hi Harma, Sorry to hear about your flare. With such a life changing move, stress and nervousness from the situation probably aren't helping with the MC symptoms. I'm glad to hear you're starting to make a few friends. Just having the appointment to have coffee with someone can be very help when you'...

Hi Louis, You mention Rene has an appointment with a GI at Ochsner. That's in the New Orleans area, isn't it? I used to live down in that general area and was bounced around between many doctors. I'd highly recommend the GI department at Tulane. It can take a little while to get an appointment unles...

Hi Harma, I hope you are starting to adjust. Having traveled in Arabic countries, it is definitely harder if you are a female and out on your own. I always visited those countries for work and was always required to have a travel buddy (usually male) because I was female. Several times in the hotels...

Rich, I find it helpful when explaining the life changes required to use the analogies of either someone with severe (anaphylactic) allergies or someone who is diabetic. People understand those problems a little better and after all, if out of control, MC can land you in the hospital just the same. ...

I hadn't run across the poo log, but I do have the sit or squat app for finding public bathrooms.

Karen

Ah, one of my marketing pet peeves. How can it be that a product is almost 100% casein and the manufacturer be allowed to market it as non-dairy? Yet, if you check the label of most "non-dairy" creamers in the general grocery store, that's what you'll find. They might be lactose free, but ...

I run across raw cheesecake in my occasional adventures to natural food stores. Just about all of the ones I've seen use soaked and pureed cashews, not soy. For raw foods, soybeans require a lot of prep in order to get rid of the beany flavor. Essentially you need to get the soybeans to just start t...

I've tried a lot of straining methods and coffee filters are way too fine. They clog too quickly. One tip I found searching on the internet was to use paint strainer bags. I found a pack of two at Lowes for about $1-2. They're just fine mesh nylon bags with elastic at the top so I can secure it arou...

Biotin can help with hair loss. As mentioned in this webmd article (page 2), doctors often recommend taking a biotin supplement along with treatments like Rogaine.

http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and- ... -naturally

Karen

As far as doctors go, I'm thinking of searching for a good vet. They actually have to think because their patients can't talk. Since I moved a couple of years ago, most of the doctors I've been referred to now might as well be internet doctors - and not good ones. Being new to the area, I get the re...

I think I understand what your describing. It sounds similar to what I've experienced. If I eat small portions every 2-3 hours throughout the day, I'm satisfied, but if I eat a normal or large meal, it seems like I get more and more hungry. I gave into it once or twice and was just miserably full bu...

Gabes, That's great news. I hope it continues to go well. Flavor variety is definitely a tough adjustment with multiple intolerances. If you're like me, it's tempting when something sits well after not having it for a while to want to eat a big vat of it, knowing overindulgence will likely have cons...

One little trick I've found in order to get through the initial airline travel with prepared foods I want to keep cold is to freeze some items in 3-oz premie baby bottles. Finding the 3-oz bottles was a bit of a challenge. In the US, Target carries 3.5-oz bottles. Family Dollar carries the 3-oz bott...

For Polly, Tex and others that are much more experienced than I... Is there an "intermediate gun" between Entocort/diet and the "big guns" like Imuran? The doctors seem to pick options that undertreat or overtreat, so I'm wondering if there's something in the middle to try that I...