MICROSCOPIC COLITIS SUPPORT

I get the back pain from bloating. I think the cramping that comes with a bad potty day causes mine. However, I was put on omeprazole after also being diagnosed with gastritis when I was diagnosed with MC and UC. I did not want to take it so I stopped soon after. But my back was killing me so I deci...

When I was 7 we moved to an old, drafty house. That winter my younger sister and I could never get warm enough to fall asleep, even when we slept in the same bed. Each night my dad would set up my mom’s bonnet hair dryer with the hose under the blankets at the foot of the bed to keep the bed warm ti...

I hope they are checking for this: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/vaccine/guillainbarre.htm I became aware of this condition after taking my one and only flu shot in 1976. It made many people ill in another country and was pulled in the US after only a few states had used it, if memory serves. Memo...

I am a morning person. My body is an afternoon person.

Tex, I think it was the Fleet Phospo-soda in 2000 - the scope that wrecked me by flipping me from chronic C to chronic D. That's what I recall, anyway, but I can't be sure. I used the Miralax cleanout in 2010 - a breeze in comparison. I did not suffer after the last one like I did the first time. I ...

I was so ill in October of 1991 that I could not get out of bed for a month. I did not see a doctor. The pain that settled in would not leave so I saw a doctor a year later, resulting in a Fibromyalgia diagnosis. I believe 1991 was possibly a relapse of the virus I was diagnosed with in about 1979. ...

When my doctor put me on Synthroid in 1985 he mentioned he wanted to put me on Armour but was finding that the dosage per pill was too inconsistent, giving his patients bad results. I had never heard of it at the time. My MD that practices integrative medicine agreed to let me try it when I suggeste...

On fungus: The soaking sounds like a great idea, but my father got rid of his foot fungus by giving up colored socks, wearing only white socks that were bleached with each washing. Maybe doing both would be helpful. On splitting nails: When using the Crisco (or whatever - Vitamin E oil might be help...

My doctors all said "you need more fiber" when I was looking for help with my newly worsened chronic D problem last year. I'm sure they thought I did not get enough, but, honestly, I was a good little doobie and was already getting more than is recommended. But I increased my intake anyway...

I think taking antibiotics daily (for acne) from the time I was 14 till I was 21 helped set things up, but the chronic D did not start till I flipped from chronic constipation after my first scope at the age of 43. Then it got worse after I got e. coli in late 2006 (from bagged salad). Nothing was g...

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I'm glad you're updating us! I'm so far behind on this board. If Tex graded us I would get an F for being absent! And Tex is right - totally normal to pig out on something you plan to give up

Thanks for the cool update. Glad to know things are working out pretty well for you. Have fun!

I can eat the same thing for breakfast almost every single day and have very few foods on my menu. I also don't have to have breakfast foods for breakfast. If there is something left from the night before I often have it for breakfast. Mornings are hard (I feel awful in the morning) so the easier th...

Hi Denise,

Great post! I hope all goes well and you are off the narcotics ASAP