Probiotic Yogurt

[JLH]

Ah, you have a name. Welcome, Deb. I'm the right audience.

I imagine you are right about your relatives. One of my brothers has had C for years and years..........

I don't have rumblings any longer but I do get noises I can't describe, sort of like whistling. I don't want to go on Entocort but I may have to do so.

[Gas Bag]

Ah, you have a name. Welcome, Deb. I'm the right audience.

I imagine you are right about your relatives. One of my brothers has had C for years and years..........

I don't have rumblings any longer but I do get noises I can't describe, sort of like whistling. I don't want to go on Entocort but I may have to do so.

Thanks for the warm welcome, I am so glad to have found you guys. Who else can you talk to about this stuff with, my poor H listens, but I hate to run it into the ground. Well mom is a good listener, she has her problems too, we actually laugh about our problems alot.

Do you have D now as well ? hope that is not a stupid question. I have never been on anything to control this, because anything I tried did nothing, I forget what the Doc prescribed 2 and a half years, it didn't work at all though. All it did was hype me up a bit.

I am actually looking forward to my next few days, instead of dreading endless trips to the bathroom. I am keeping my fingers crossed big time.

Yeah I am think this MC runs in families, runs..

Deb

[JLH]

Yes, I get D sometimes. I try to eat foods that seem safe. I have no idea whatt sets me off in a flare. I'm so tired of not eating healthfully.

If I get the Spectracell testing at least I'l know what vitamins etc. to take.

[JLH]

MY DH said you could be a sit down comic.

[Gloria]

Deb,

Yes, we all know how you feel. Each morning I wait in anticipation to see what will appear in the bowl. Then I feel like I have to wait another 24 hours to see if I pass or fail the test the next day. If anyone had told me I'd be a bowl-watcher five years ago, I'd have laughed my head off.

Joan,

It's very frustrating, isn't it? I'm feeling the same as you, only I'm on one pill of Entocort per day. I thought this would be the summer I'd finally be able to eat fresh fruits and salads again. Maybe next year...

Gloria

[Gas Bag]

Hi Ladies, with me it is either full-blown constant D, which I have had for a month. Or I seem to be perfectly normal, well my bowels anyway.

Your DH is pretty funny Joan.

I had major D non-stop for 4 months when I first got this disease. Morning, noon and evenings and horrible nocturnal D as well. I knew before the diagnosis what was wrong from reading up on stuff on the internet, the GI Doc just confirmed it for me. Non-bloody nocturnal D was the real indicator for me.

Although I had the blood test for Celiacs and the Endoscopy for the biopsy I was negative for Celiacs. But I cut out gluten anyway, I knew it couldn't hurt.

Well today has been pretty damn encouraging, I ate my lunch, a baked chicken breast and some yogurt. And Mt. Vesuvius has still not acted up!

Oh gosh I can hardly wait to see what tomorrow's stool will be like.
Yeah no crappola Joan, I feel like my old grandpa, I can remember him keeping track of his bowel movements on a calendar in the kitchen.

I haven't a clue what set me off either. Our bodies are revolting....Well mine is, I don't know what you look like.

I can't eat any fruit, except bananas and most veggies, well I am afraid too right now, but in a few days if this keeps up I'll get brave.

I am having mashed potatoes with ground turkey and gravy tonight. And I might get brave and have an ear of corn.

Deb

[tex]

Sounds like it's time to break out the champagne. So far so good!

Remember, no human can digest whole corn. Cattle can digest whole corn, but they have 4 stomachs, and even cattle can't digest whole corn until they get to where they weigh over about 600 lbs., so don't be surprised if you see what appear to be whole kernels of corn in the bowl. Usually, what you're seeing there, is just the pericarp, (skin), of the kernal, because the pericarp is the undigestible part of corn, and the sugar/starch on the inside will have been digested, if the corn is in the roasting ear stage, (IOW, before all of the sugar is converted to starch). If you were to swallow a whole kernal of mature corn, though, (matured enough so that the black-line layer in the endosperm indicates complete conversion of sugar to starch), the entire kernal would pass through your GI tract unscathed, (IOW, it would be totally undigestible, because the human digestive system cannot penetrate the pericarp). The pericarp can be removed by soaking the corn in "slaked lime", (calcium hydroxide). In fact, that's how hominy is made, and it's also the way that masa is made, (for making tortillas, etc.).

The bottom line is, there's a lot of sugar in corn, when it's at the roasting ear stage, and the corn you get at the supermarket, or raise in your garden, is likely to be sweetcorn, which is a genetic mutation of field corn, that produces kernels consisting mostly of sugar, rather than starch, and all that sugar, can cause D. It shouldn't cause inflammation, though, so even if you do get a little D out of it, it should be temporary, and it shouldn't cause any residual effects.

Tex

P S The genetic mutation I'm referring to here is the plain, old-fashioned genetic mutation achieved by selective breeding - not the modern "GMO" techniques that strikes fear in the hearts of most consumers today.

[Gas Bag]

It has been a good day, but I am staying off the sauce for awhile too!

Oh way to rain on my parade Tex..LOL

Seriously I am rather hesitant about the ear of corn, because I had one Friday night..NOT GOOD and I know exactly what you mean it comes out looking pretty much the same way it went in. Perhaps I'll wait a few more days before I eat another ear. My intestinal track is still pretty damn sore. No sense flirting with disaster.
I am going to put mushrooms in my turkey/gravy concoction though. I seem to remember mushrooms don't digest well either, but I think they are less explosive.

Deb

[Gas Bag]

Well I must report in on my progress. Really feeling so very much better.

When I first popped (no not pooped) onto this forum, on a scale of 1 to 10 I was feeling about -12 and pretty beaten down. Just being able to commiserate with you guys helps alot too.

But Boy howdy this probiotic stuff is really turning things around, my intestines still feel a bit like somebody was scrubbing them with sandpaper, but that is starting to feel a bit better too. I'm also staying off of gluten for a bit and alot of other things I know that bother me during a flare up. But going by my previous experience of 4 months of constant D this is an extremely quick turn around. *crosses fingers*.

[tex]

Most of us eventually find a key element that tips the scales in our favor. Yours is obviously that probiotic.

Tex

[JLH]

DH will be very pleased to hear that compliment, Deb. It runs in the family, his brother is/was a professional TV comedy show creator and writer.

I was reading some of your amusing things to DH and he laughed. He usually hates it when I read to him from the computer...........

[JLH]

What's mine?

[Gas Bag]

Most of us eventually find a key element that tips the scales in our favor. Yours is obviously that probiotic.

Tex

I hope to hell this is "it".
It is hard to rein in my enthusiam, I hope this keeps on. We can only live one day at a time and all, but I'll take it.

DH will be very pleased to hear that compliment, Deb. It runs in the family, his brother is/was a professional TV comedy show creator and writer.

I was reading some of your amusing things to DH and he laughed. He usually hates it when I read to him from the computer...........

Gee Joan I am flattered. What shows did his brother work on?

I come from a long line of amateur comedians, but it is quite spontaneous, much like our diarrhea.

I hope you find a key element too dear.

Deb

[tex]

What's mine?

Apparently it remains to be discovered.

Tex

[JLH]

Becker was his last brain child. I think he patterned him after all the men in the family. Don't ever say I said that.

Lately, he's been blogging on the Huffington Post!