MICROSCOPIC COLITIS SUPPORT

Thank you Henry, I am on the right track now. Lots of reading still to be done still but I see why you say methyl vitamin B12 is absorbed better than other forms. What I have been taking is synthesized in a lab and can pose potential problems when it comes to absorption. Methyl has also been shown t...

Thanks Gabes, I will purchase an “active” form of B12 next time I re-up. I have almost finished this bottle off. Also, will education myself on “methylation”. Hope you are doing well. I am grateful to you for the time you put into helping others navigate the ever-changing, shifty sands of this disea...

Hello Tex, Thanks for that information. I just read a similar comment like that on Gabe's post. I will stop taking the B12 supplement 3-5 days before my next blood work. I retired at age 62 and this year turned 65 so I now recieve medicare which is great. I have only had one bad flare up this year w...

My latest blood work came back with vitamin B12 depleted. I have had Colitis for 7 years and this is the first time my doctor told me such a result. I bought 1000mg B12 from Costco (brand:Nature Made). I go back for a follow up blood test end of August to find if any improvement.

I was eating Trader Joes white bread and it is good but i seem to have began reacting to it, maybe the yeast. Anyways, i started buying plain rice cakes and using them as i would a slice of bread. Stomach much better now.

A Downside of Gluten Free By NICHOLAS BAKALARFEB. 16, 2017 A gluten-free diet may have a downside: increased blood levels of arsenic and mercury, according to a preliminary report. Researchers analyzed data on 7,471 participants in a larger national health study, of whom 73 reported being on a glute...

Hello Everyone, I wanted to post a testimonial saying where I am at now after 2 years of retirement. I took early retirement at age 62 because it had become hard for me to plan menus, shop, cook, and adhere to a strict diet while working 40 hours a week because of the fatigue I was experiencing. Tod...

I found this Russo Pizza in the freezer section and was pleasantly surprised. the price was $7.99

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Hi Everyone, Since I am not sitting on my butt in an office all day I am rarely on the computer anymore. I miss you all. It's been three months since I retired and it is going good. The terrible job stress is gone. The only stress I have now is financial, trying to live off 1/2 the income I am used ...

That's good news to hear Ant. I retire the end of this month and hope to get good results like you once my stress lessens.

Hi Dana, Sorry you are experiencing a flare up. Sounds like you went a good year without one. One thing that helps me get a flare under control is pepto bismal. It stops the runs long enough for my chicken broth/soup diet to kick in and once my intestines settle from their state of inflammation I ca...

Hi Anne, That is a good question you posed. When is a flare a flare? For me a flare is when I consider my quality of life affected. Discomfort at work, too fatigued to socialize, hungry but afraid to put food in my mouth, depressed. It's not so much how many BM's I have but more how my gut feels. Ha...

Lesley - you are lucky to have Medicare. Hope it was not too stressful a process for you seeking disability. Gabes - so funny, the story about your friend's mother-in-law! That's one way to rush it the paperwork through...toot toot!! I had an incident last month. My dentist found a rash on my upper ...

Gabes - you are right about "unconditional surrender", it helps to have an "attitude of gratitude" regardless of our lack of financial assets Tex - thanks for the 'lightness" you bring to so many Theresa - I thought of SS disability but because I am doing well with diet it's...

Hi Everyone, It's been a while since I've left an update on the message board. What's new with me is I'm going to take the early retirement option(age 62) and leave work this January. The reasons are many - the top two being: 1/ the amount of added work load since budget cuts/layoffs last year upped...