MICROSCOPIC COLITIS SUPPORT

185 lbs and still run free...

1) For breakfast and lunch I have an 8oz protein shake. Between breakfast and lunch I have a fresh fruit (4oz). Between lunch and dinner I have cottage cheese (4oz). For dinner i have baked, broiled or grilled fish (4oz), chicken (4oz) or lean beef (4oz) and 1/2 cup of vegetables. 2) I feel great! M...

New Update... GI doc took me off the apriso completely. He has me taking 4 daily Asacol HD's only (no more Amodium AD). For the past two weeks I have been having just 1 bowel movement every OTHER day and it's NEVER soft. My Family Practitioner has completely stopped my cholesterol and blood pressure...

217 lbs and still run free.

Thanks everyone! I realize it was a bit unconventional and I almost backed out of it after reading all of the advise here not to do it. But I weighed all my options and felt that even if it didn't help my MC at least I would be healthier with the weight loss. I really haven't grasped why a smaller s...

Thank you, I kind of had doubts about it helping the MC but am very happy with the results.

I just wanted to provide an update on how I am doing after my vertical sleeve procedure. Before surgery I was taking 6 Apriso ER's, 4 Asacol HD's and 6 imodium AD per day and still had runny poop 4-6 times a day. Since my surgery on the 18th of July, I have cut down my medication to 2 Apriso's and 2...

Next month I start a bariatric diet I will have most of my stomach removed next month. After that I will be on an (almost) 100% protein diet. Don't know for sure but I am told that may help my LC. However my main reason for surgury is to loose 100 lbs. I suppose you've encountered quite a few peopl...

:rant: Doctors (as a whole--not necessarily yours or mine) are more like mechanics nowadays. High blood pressure or high cholesterol? Take a pill. Cancer? Chemo or radiation. MC? It's a minor inconvenience, and it will resolve itself in a few months. T4 and TSH in range? You don't have a thyroid pr...

Depending on which procedure you choose, there are many side effect or very few. The bipass is pretty bad and has the most because it by passes much of the digestive system that absorbs nutrients. The band probably the surgery that causes the most issues with people as it restricts the opening of th...

I have been planning this gastric sleeve surgery (removing 3/4 of my stomach) for almost as long as I've been diagnosed with LC. My goal with this procedure is to loose 100-120 lbs. All of you know how bad it is to be 100 lbs overweight. My knees and ankles, hurt, I have high blood pressure, high ch...

Welcome and love your moniker! Defitinely different and wonder how it came about. There is a wealth of knowledge her so please search through the site. Entocort is a great drug but one I cannot use due to side effects. I never gained an ounce on it but with this disease we all act differently. Look...

I was one of the unlucky few who had side effects with entocort. While it worked well with apriso, I couldn't take the side effects or the cost.

So far I'm treating it with Asacol HD and imodium and doing ok. Next month I start a bariatric diet I will have most of my stomach removed next month. After that I will be on an (almost) 100% protein diet. Don't know for sure but I am told that may help my LC. However my main reason for surgury is t...

After causally browsing the forum, I have to ask a quick question. Is there anyone here (like me) who treats their LC with medication alone?