Hi everyone. I am a 57 year old gal from New Mexico :-) We eat pretty healthily over here. Right on January 3, after a day of a nutritional cleanse, I had watery diarrhea that did not quit for 4 weeks. Imodium helped a bit. I would get better and then worse again. My mother died of pancreatic cancer a couple of years ago and I just remember her not being able to make it to the bathroom. Of course, I was pretty scared. I went to my doc who put me on a clear liquid diet with white toast and bananas for three days. After day 1, the diarrhea stopped completely. All my blood work was normal including celiac testing. Stool tests normal. Had my colonoscopy and the biopsy showed lymphocytic colitis.
I used to take nsaids a lot in the past but hardly take them now as I rely on turmeric curcumin and boswellia for any joint/pain issues.
I have not had any problems with D since prepping for the colonoscopy (what joy that was).
Is it normal to have just one bout and then poof it's gone? I have made some changes to my diet. I have a medical transcriptionist background so have been reading IBS, SCD, Paseo, and GAPS. Since I am not symptomatic, I have been sticking with low acidity coffee with 1 tbsp coconut oil whizzed in blender. My protein shakes had isomaltoogliosaccharides in them for insoluble fiber. I have gone of those for now and am working through some different protein powders (I love shakes). Have not had much bread since the colonoscopy.
As I am a chef, do I really need to quit onions and garlic? Geez those are staples! I see folks in some diets use them, some don't.
I am a researchologist (a bit or a lot bid of OCD is my tendency) so I can spend hours researching and getting nothing else done! LOL
To our health!! CK
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welcome CK!
(and sympathies that you had to find us)
everybody is different. if you have these foods and don't have any symptoms after having them then they are ok.
if you have any gas, reflux, discomfort, change in your BM etc then they may be an issue.
http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=22245
the celiac test does not test for all the aspects of wheat and gluten - and modern day wheat is highly inflammatory and hard to digest for everybody.
http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/4358631.htm
(and sympathies that you had to find us)
given that you have made changes to your diet and stopped the nsaids, then yes it is possible to see resolution of symptoms. I would not call it normal but there have been a few people that have had quick resolution of symptoms with these types of changesIs it normal to have just one bout and then poof it's gone? I
depending on how much reading you have done - the answer to this is 'listen to your body'As I am a chef, do I really need to quit onions and garlic?
everybody is different. if you have these foods and don't have any symptoms after having them then they are ok.
if you have any gas, reflux, discomfort, change in your BM etc then they may be an issue.
you maybe interested in this discussions and article -All my blood work was normal including celiac testing
http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=22245
the celiac test does not test for all the aspects of wheat and gluten - and modern day wheat is highly inflammatory and hard to digest for everybody.
http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/4358631.htm
Gabes Ryan
"Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned"
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"Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned"
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Thank you! It was all of a sudden then gone! I am going to follow the FODMAP diet for a bit. Have had zero D since the three week bout in January. I have been doing LOTS of reading.
Obsessed with reading up on everything LOL.
I don't eat much bread and have used a quinoa brown rice pasta for quite some time. I have been reading quite a bit. I normally cook dairy free using cashew cream for soups, etc. kinda bummed cashews are high on FODMAP but willing to give them up for an elimination diet. I drank cashew milk too so switched over to flax milk.
However, I have had gas and bloating in the past so looking forward to getting these issues worked out :-)
Obsessed with reading up on everything LOL.
I don't eat much bread and have used a quinoa brown rice pasta for quite some time. I have been reading quite a bit. I normally cook dairy free using cashew cream for soups, etc. kinda bummed cashews are high on FODMAP but willing to give them up for an elimination diet. I drank cashew milk too so switched over to flax milk.
However, I have had gas and bloating in the past so looking forward to getting these issues worked out :-)
Hi CK,
Welcome to our Internet family. As Gabes mentioned, if NSAIDs were the cause of your LC, then you may be home free as long as you avoid them. Spontaneous remissions are also possible for some lucky individuals, similar to the spontaneous remission episodes that can occur with the other IBDs. And for some of us, the shock of the caustic cleanout solutions used to prep for a colonoscopy can bring at least temporary remission. On the other hand, some cases of MC have been triggered by those solutions in patients who did not previously have the disease.
Regarding the FODMAP diet, it's not a bad choice for LC patients, but it's not perfect either. Unless you've had an IgA stool test result showing that your immune system produces antibodies to cashews, I'm not convinced that it's necessary (or even advantageous) to avoid them.
Incidentally, you fit the classic pattern for MC patients. Virtually all of us are over-achievers, perfectionists, OCD, etc.
IMO the common link between those personality traits and the disease itself, is chronic stress.
Again, welcome aboard, and I wish you the best of luck with your continuing recovery.
Tex
Welcome to our Internet family. As Gabes mentioned, if NSAIDs were the cause of your LC, then you may be home free as long as you avoid them. Spontaneous remissions are also possible for some lucky individuals, similar to the spontaneous remission episodes that can occur with the other IBDs. And for some of us, the shock of the caustic cleanout solutions used to prep for a colonoscopy can bring at least temporary remission. On the other hand, some cases of MC have been triggered by those solutions in patients who did not previously have the disease.
Regarding the FODMAP diet, it's not a bad choice for LC patients, but it's not perfect either. Unless you've had an IgA stool test result showing that your immune system produces antibodies to cashews, I'm not convinced that it's necessary (or even advantageous) to avoid them.
Incidentally, you fit the classic pattern for MC patients. Virtually all of us are over-achievers, perfectionists, OCD, etc.
IMO the common link between those personality traits and the disease itself, is chronic stress.Again, welcome aboard, and I wish you the best of luck with your continuing recovery.
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.