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....Don't wait for the movie
I just ordered the book. This site is wonderful and the book should condense some of the information for me. I'd like to share this with two of my relatives who seem to have an issue similar to mine. It would be great if they could identify and address at an earlier age.
DJ you are quite correct, Tex's work on this book is incredible and makes for an excellent reference to have on hand. It's a great tool for those with MC....or any GI issue for that matters.
I second what Joan said: Good luck with relatives and friends. Nobody in my family is interested in changing their diets despite our shared genetics and similar (and in some cases, worse) issues. The book has been helpful to me in getting my husband to understand what I was going through with MC (and why). When somebody WANTS to understand, they'll read the book. When somebody is terrified that learning something new may mean changing lifelong habits...well, let's just say I hope your family is more open-minded than mine!
Thanks! My niece has had problems with her gut for decades and complains that she can't remember when she last had a normal BM and not diarrhea. Her teen daughter, who I know very well, has odd eating habits and complains of stomach pains, gas and irregularity. Both the mother and daughter are horrified to use a bathroom outside of the home because of the noises. Some family members are concerned that the teen has an eating disorder. I absolutely don't think so. She's just trying different diets to avoid pain and embarrassment. I'm sharing the book with them in hopes that they will not become characters in the movie
What a great resource. Anyone with MC should read it regularly. You'll very likely be one up on your GI doctor!! If the people around you read the first chapter alone, there will probably be a paradigm shift in your world.
Good Job
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.
When I was diagnosed (just in August of this year), my GI doc could not tell me much about CC (of course!). I was at a complete and total loss as to how to help myself-just a sad, kind of slightly panicky feeling. I like to take control and help myself, but you cannot imagine how little I knew. I never had any-not one!- G.I issues before this. That book was so reassuring!! That there are things I can do to help myself, that some information was actually out there from someone with an open mind who goes through this, too. What did people do before this incredible book? I read it once, thought about it, read it again. Recommended it to the G.I doc ( I put it like maybe he would want to see what MC is like from a patients perspective, if he was curious-don't want to set off that doctorly ego!). But for me, it was truly, quite literally a life and sanity saver.
I can't imagine how much effort went into writing such an informative book, but thank you for doing it. I, and many others I am sure, would have been totally lost without it.
As for family, mine will not listen to one word of information that would cause them to have to change anything. This is despite major autoimmune issues prevalent in our family and knowing that their own health is not good. I don't get it. If I am not feeling well and someone has information to help-tell me please!
And Tex, I read a past post in which you said to someone-"eschew perfection". I had to really stop and think about that one. Eschew perfection? But perfection is so.....perfect. :) I do expect that out of myself (but not others), but I think that I will work on taking that down a notch or two. Somehow. It just sounds really good to maybe be driven to accomplish things, still, but not quite so hard on myself. That was interesting. I want it on a bumper sticker and a fridge magnet and I think you should copywrite it! lol
Thank you! I do know that you can't really get people to change, though. They have to decide for themselves. And then they will willingly seek information. :)
