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Another thirty something (35) here!!
Diagnosed MC in July. Thought I had crohns, autoimmune disease, ulcerative colitis and celiac.
My dr is still not convinced it is just MC so I am seeing a colitis specialist tomorrow.
Good luck! Glad to have some other thirty somethins here...well its good to have ALL of you here I should say!!
Age is but A NUMBER. I feel 15 these days staying home sick like I am in high school!!
(love this one)
Diagnosed MC in August 2012
still have major symptoms and pain
on:
prednisone 5 mg
pentasa 2000 mg day
vicodin 5 mg
dehydrated tinciture of opium 1ml
I had an ear infection, was prescribed an antibiotic and the D started. It's been 2+ years. I was 69 years old. My mother was diagnosed when she was in her 80's. We seem to be all different ages.
I had "IBS" symptoms most of my life; gas pains, intermittent D, severe cramping.
Sheila W
To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did.
A person who never made a mistake never tried something new. Einstein
I've noticed that the 30-something and younger crowd tend to be diagnosed with LC (like me), and not CC. I wonder if it'll evolve into CC as we age?
I notice this group also tends to have other prominent autoimmune issues too. Is LC more closely tied to autoimmunity?
Zizzle wrote:Is LC more closely tied to autoimmunity?
IMO it may be, because I have a hunch it may be more closely associated with inappropriate mast cell activity.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Got diagnosed Oct. 2, 2012 with LC. Started Entocort the next day. Has been a BIG help so far... no more 10 hour diarrhea days! Have been DF for many, many years. I'm 31 yrs old. Looking into doing the Enterolab testing. Thank goodness for this forum
Welcome to the forum! I was 40 when my colonoscopy was done, though my GI didn't officially diagnose the inflammation and edema as LC. Despite my symptoms, my doc would not have done a colonoscopy if not for the fact that I have a strong family history of colon cancer, so it's quite possible it would have been missed. I had been told for 5 or 6 years that I had IBS--my PCP never suggested any testing.
I believe my issues began with an SSRI. I started taking Zoloft for anxiety when I was 33 and took it until last fall. A couple of months after going GF I weaned myself off of it. Interestingly, my anxiety issues seemed to improve dramatically after I went GF. I had tried to get off antidepressants several times before without success.
I was diagnosed at 62 with LC - five years ago. My symptoms started four years before that but had just had a colonoscopy with nothing wrong. Of course, they were not looking for LC at that time.
I had never had any problems until that time in my life. I am convinced Care Now prescribing strong antibiotics for sinus infections every couple or three months caused it. This went on for 15 years. I had no clue it would cause this.
I would still have D if I had not found Tex's book last December. This Forum has also been very helpful. Enterolab really helped me with my diet and got me on track to do what I needed to do.
I came down the CC in 2010 at age 69 after taking a strong antibiotic for an ear infection. I had always had "stomach" issues, even as a child. I was told I had colitis and all of the other nonsense that goes along with that diagnosis. The diagnosis for celiac disease came with my Enterolab results and genetic test.
My mother also had MC and was diagnosed in her 80s. She did the Enterolab tests back when the tests first became available. She was advised to eliminate gluten but chose not to. I don't know what triggered her MC but I suspect it may have been the stress of dealing with her husband's Parkinsons.
Both of my sons have inherited the celiac gene from me and both have forms of "colitis". Neither one of them will stop eating gluten despite lectures from me. Kids never listen.
Sheila W
To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did.
A person who never made a mistake never tried something new. Einstein
(love this one)
Is LC more closely tied to autoimmunity?
