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[Marcia K]

Hello. Just a reminder to designate the Microscopic Colitis Foundation as your charity when you order on Smile.Amazon. I'm currently up to $90+ just by ordering on Amazon. I also place orders for work and have the Foundation designated there as well.

[brandy]

I just placed a $700 order on Amazon Smile with items for Mom.

Marcia, thank you for posting. Every bit helps the Microscopic Colitis foundation with no out of pocket to us.

[Marcia K]

Hi, Brandy. I'm happy to do it, this group has helped so many people I like being able to give back. Now if only I can get my son to use smile when he orders. He keeps saying that he forgets. I hope you[re doing well!

[Pkw]

I was diagnosed with LMC back in March. My WD started in October. At that point I had no idea what was going on so kept eating whatever is in front of me. Once I got my diagnosis I started reading everything Tex Books, different groups discussions on the topic, medical papers etc. I have spent the last week reading tons of the postings on this site. But I still have questions. I know this is an individual disease as much as it is we all have the same diagnosis.

I have started out eating rice, wild meat, fish including shellfish, well cooked vegetables, a little bit of applesauce, coconut oil, olive oil, and specific carbohydrate muffins I make myself with almond flour
A few eggs and maple syrup or honey, avocado and a bananas or two. ( I did read about the histamines not sure I understand this even with all the reading I have done). I am struggling to get enough calories in and I’ve already lost 20 pounds. I really don’t have any more to lose as I was not heavy at all before.

I am taking Certirizine and Budesonide For my seasonal allergies. I also take to 2 L Glutamine 500 mg Which also contains rice flour cellulose and magnesium Stearate, 2 turmeric 2600mg Which contains cellulose and Meg Stearate, Querecetin 500 mg This contains cellulose, mag Stearate And silicone dioxide., Vitamin D 2000 IU which contains olive oil, bovine gelatin and glycerin, I’ve been having back pain and leg pain and something like restless leg syndrome so I’ve been using CBD cream on those. When I take an Imodium early on I would have no WD but frequent stools throughout the day. I then started the Pepto-Bismol treatment but after three weeks I couldn’t tolerate that anymore and it didn’t seem to be helping as my stool frequency was increasing. I have to admit I wasn’t following the diet I listed above during any of this. I was gluten-free and soy free but that was it. I live in Maryland and cannot get the Ento/lab ordered. If anyone knows a way around this please let me know. I was taking a Statin Livalo But stop that around the time I stopped the Pepto. My cholesterol is 300 with my LDL at 197. The doctor wants me to go back on the Statin .

My questions are should I be taking any other supplements or changing what I’m on? What are your thoughts on the Statin?

This week is when I got serious about the diet. To early to tell if what I am doing will work.
I would love to try chicken and turkey but because I couldn’t get the Ento/lab test. I was able to get a blood sensitivity test. There is no major reactions I did have minimal reactions to chicken fish eggs dairy and turkey. So I have been trying to avoid those until I get my symptoms under control.

I am always full and I got to tell you by the end of the day I’m tired of eating. Trying to maintain in 2000 cal is very hard on this diet. I do use the olive oil and the coconut purified oil to supplement. I only use about 2 tablespoons of each today may be a little more. Is there anything in my diet I can do to help. Also was just diagnosed with arthritis of the back. Haven’t seen the orthopedic Dr yet but I am thinking its inflammatory. I’ve been using E stim And red light therapy along with the CBD cream. That seems to of helped a little. Any other suggestions?


Thanks as always this group is so impressive that I changed my smile on Amazon to support this group. It’s nice to know there are so many going through the same things But my prayer is we can find a cure so we can all put an end to this misery.

[jcml12]

I just read this post and did not know about this. One of the girls at work helped me get set up. I'm going to tell all my family to do this. Thank you for posting this!

[Marcia K]

That's great, thank you!!