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can you answer my questions? new to this...
hi all, i would like to know if anybody with mc also has really bad joint pain and if so what do they take for it...
Eliminating gluten and any other food intolerances should help.
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LDN July 18, 2014
Joan
LDN July 18, 2014
Joan
Hi Evarella,
Welcome to the board. As Linda suggested, acetaminophen (Tylenol) is safe to take for anyone who has MC (as long as you do not drink any alcohol while you are using it). And as Joan suggested, the cause of your aches and pains are the gluten and possibly other foods to which you are sensitive, in your diet.
Back when I was still reacting, the joint aches and pains, backaches, stiff, sore neck, etc., were so bad that I couldn't sleep some nights, and I had trouble getting around at times. The arthritic pain in my knees was so bad that I had to use a cane in order to walk, for a while. Some of the joints in some of my fingers on my right hand were swollen and extremely painful, and those fingers were growing crooked and twisted.
After I changed my diet, and my gut healed, all that came to an end, and I haven't needed a cane since then (that was over 10 years ago). Those fingers are still crooked, because that kind of damage cannot be reversed, but the swollen joints and pain are long gone. IOW, when I controlled my gastrointestinal problems by changing my diet, that eliminated all my other body aches and pains, also. And as long as I continue to avoid gluten (and a few other foods that cause me to react) I remain symptom-free. I've been in remission for over 9 years now, by diet changes alone.
Again, welcome aboard, and please feel free to ask anything.
Tex
Welcome to the board. As Linda suggested, acetaminophen (Tylenol) is safe to take for anyone who has MC (as long as you do not drink any alcohol while you are using it). And as Joan suggested, the cause of your aches and pains are the gluten and possibly other foods to which you are sensitive, in your diet.
Back when I was still reacting, the joint aches and pains, backaches, stiff, sore neck, etc., were so bad that I couldn't sleep some nights, and I had trouble getting around at times. The arthritic pain in my knees was so bad that I had to use a cane in order to walk, for a while. Some of the joints in some of my fingers on my right hand were swollen and extremely painful, and those fingers were growing crooked and twisted.
After I changed my diet, and my gut healed, all that came to an end, and I haven't needed a cane since then (that was over 10 years ago). Those fingers are still crooked, because that kind of damage cannot be reversed, but the swollen joints and pain are long gone. IOW, when I controlled my gastrointestinal problems by changing my diet, that eliminated all my other body aches and pains, also. And as long as I continue to avoid gluten (and a few other foods that cause me to react) I remain symptom-free. I've been in remission for over 9 years now, by diet changes alone.
Again, welcome aboard, and please feel free to ask anything.
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.
It is hard, at first, but being chained to the bathroom, afraid to leave the house, and feeling as if we are suddenly about 50 years older than we actually are, is hard, too. Adapting to the new lifestyle gets easier as time passes (and as our symptoms resolve), and eventually it becomes second nature and then it is our new "norm".Evarella wrote:i was thinking about trying the gf free diet it just seemd like it will be really hard,
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.
Welcome Evarella.
I don't know if you have been reading posts or other info from this forum, but you will see that almost all of us must take gluten out of our diets to heal and keep inflammation down. Most of us have multiple food intolerances, so only having to give up Gluten is fairly easy in comparison. Just remember that if/when you decide to go GF, then it must be 100% to work.... and it takes a while sometime to see a difference. Read all labels because it can lurk in many places ( like soy sauce).
You might want to buy Tex's book about this disease. It helps to understand what makes this disease happen and the best way to heal. Look in the upper right hand corner of this page and click on it to get you to Amazon.
Good luck
Leah
I don't know if you have been reading posts or other info from this forum, but you will see that almost all of us must take gluten out of our diets to heal and keep inflammation down. Most of us have multiple food intolerances, so only having to give up Gluten is fairly easy in comparison. Just remember that if/when you decide to go GF, then it must be 100% to work.... and it takes a while sometime to see a difference. Read all labels because it can lurk in many places ( like soy sauce).
You might want to buy Tex's book about this disease. It helps to understand what makes this disease happen and the best way to heal. Look in the upper right hand corner of this page and click on it to get you to Amazon.
Good luck
Leah