A piece of the puzzle found???
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Wayne,
Sorry - I didn't mean to scare you. I figured that you had already come across that statistic in your research. I'm pretty sure I read that here:
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec10/ch140/ch140c.html
You're right, though, about not getting relief from the meds, because something else other than MC is probably causing the residual D. IOW, if it weren't for the cholecystitis, you might well already be in remission.
I suspect that you aren't the only one here who finds that meds, diet, and virtually nothing else works right, simply because some other issue is causing the D that they are attributing to MC. I'm thinking that you're taking Entocort, and if that's the case, while it will help to fight inflammation in the gut, it will do nothing for a gallbladder problem, (because it's not capable of system-wide performance). If you had been taking Prednisone, instead, it might possibly have helped to relieve the gallbladder inflammation, depending on the source of the inflammation. If the inflammation is due to an autoimmune effect, then Pred would help, if it's due to bacteria, then it wouldn't. At any rate, clearing that up is probably going to be a prerequisite, in order to eliminate the remaining D problem.
Well, it's natural to work oneself into a stew over things like this - we all do that, but now that you've figured it out, you can give your brain a well-deserved rest, for a while.
Tex
Sorry - I didn't mean to scare you. I figured that you had already come across that statistic in your research. I'm pretty sure I read that here:
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec10/ch140/ch140c.html
You're right, though, about not getting relief from the meds, because something else other than MC is probably causing the residual D. IOW, if it weren't for the cholecystitis, you might well already be in remission.
I suspect that you aren't the only one here who finds that meds, diet, and virtually nothing else works right, simply because some other issue is causing the D that they are attributing to MC. I'm thinking that you're taking Entocort, and if that's the case, while it will help to fight inflammation in the gut, it will do nothing for a gallbladder problem, (because it's not capable of system-wide performance). If you had been taking Prednisone, instead, it might possibly have helped to relieve the gallbladder inflammation, depending on the source of the inflammation. If the inflammation is due to an autoimmune effect, then Pred would help, if it's due to bacteria, then it wouldn't. At any rate, clearing that up is probably going to be a prerequisite, in order to eliminate the remaining D problem.
Well, it's natural to work oneself into a stew over things like this - we all do that, but now that you've figured it out, you can give your brain a well-deserved rest, for a while.
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.
Wayne,
I have no idea why Merck views this issue so seriously. I could see that attitude if you had high fever, and/or a high white cell count, etc. They also mention waiting six months or more for the inflammation to subside, in some cases. That would be a heck of a long time to be left lying in a hospital bed, being fed intravenously, etc. Note that they also say this:
Tex
I have no idea why Merck views this issue so seriously. I could see that attitude if you had high fever, and/or a high white cell count, etc. They also mention waiting six months or more for the inflammation to subside, in some cases. That would be a heck of a long time to be left lying in a hospital bed, being fed intravenously, etc. Note that they also say this:
There must be more here than meets the eye, because I get the impression that you've had this issue for at least six weeks or more. Right?In acalculous cholecystitis, immediate surgery is necessary to remove the diseased gallbladder.
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.