MICROSCOPIC COLITIS SUPPORT

I am thinking about being test at Enterolab. What test should I order?

Thanks mjgarr

Most people seem to order the A1 + C1 Panels. If you can't justify spending that much on the tests (in case your insurance won't cover it), the A1 panel is the one that includes a test for gluten-sensitivity. These are the tests I'm referring too:

https://www.enterolab.com/StaticPages/T ... #PanelA1C1

Tex

Should everyone be tested for food intolerances that has been diagnosed with MC?
I’m trying to do everything right that my GI is no help with diet wise, to assist in the inflammation healing process and hopefully not fall backwards in this struggle to understand and heal correctly!
Bless this site!

The 'quickest' and more reliable way to identify and remove major food triggers is via the entorlab testing.
otherwise to do same process via elmination diet can take 3-6 months.

in the scheme of sorting out safest eating plan for the long term it is not a BIG investment.

Hi tcmarv62,

Welcome to the board. I agree with Gabes — the tests will save you some time and eliminate some mistakes, but they're not essential. I didn't even know they were available back when I was reacting. I was able to reach remission without them, but it took me about a year and a half.

Again, welcome aboard, and please feel free to ask anything.

Tex

Thank You Team MC!
The money is well spent if it helps my recovery quicker without setting me back.
How long before I get the results back?
Bless you!

From memory of members that posted their results in the past few months it is within 2 weeks of the lab receiving the sample

I just did a quick search, in August 2017, member Sue777 got results within 4 days of sample arrving at lab.

Gabes-Apg wrote:From memory of members that posted their results in the past few months it is within 2 weeks of the lab receiving the sample

I just did a quick search, in August 2017, member Sue777 got results within 4 days of sample arrving at lab.

Yes, my turn around was very quick, and recently Erica (Canada) got hers back within a week. Hopefully you'll be equally fortunate.
Sue

Thank You!

I'm so worried of getting results back (but I have to do it to ease my mind) that will tell me I'm intolerant to so many foods now I "shouldn't ingest" to assist inflammation healing, as I've already lost 50 lbs in 8 months until finally getting diagnosed with MC (not sure if I'm a extreme case of weight loss, but its taken its toll on my whole body!) Suffering from Insomnia, Tinnitus and severe upper back pain now since diagnosed.
I'm seeing a dietician/nutritionist this Friday to go over my Vitamin testing levels and ask for some low fiber, high protein diet recommendations that hopefully wont offset my healing progress? I'm bringing Tex's book with me, so she can partially understand the do's and don'ts of food intake for an MC patient. So grateful for this site, but of course my doctors, specialists say "don't believe everything you read on the internet"! If it weren't for this site, I'd be in the dark on doing anything, other than taking the Budesonine the doctor prescribed 2 weeks ago. Looking forward to reading your book and doing everything right, as this is such a mystery illness to all specialists that I've had the displeasure of dealing with so far...

Are you by any chance taking Pepto-Bismol? Bismuth subsalicylate (the main ingredient in Pepto) can cause tinitus. Cipro can also cause it.

Tex

No I haven’t taken Pepto Bismul since my last bout of food poisoning prior to being diagnosed with MCLC, in at least a year. I currently take Clonazepam for anxiety, and have had Tinnitus for at least 15 years in a mild form which was bearable, if even noticed. I believe my MC condition has somehow elevated it to near debilitating most days and nights!
I’ve read of no real, solid evidence cure/treatments for it and it just adds to the whole picture of suffering in one way or another lately! Never suffered from Insomnia until being diagnosed with MC. Never experienced any form of back/spine pain in my 55 years until being diagnosed with MC!
IMHO, there is some type of connection here that I can’t pinpoint, other than mental stress, our my Adrenals are all out of whack?
Supplements and vitamins currently taking:
Butyrate and a Prescribed Probiotic.
Magnesium.
Vitamin D.
Vitamin C
Vitamin A, K, B12 and Omega 3.

There's certainly a connection between MC and insomnia, and between MC and lower back pain. Those are very common complaints by MC patients. I've had tinnitus for over 35 years, but it was caused by loud noises, almost 20 years before I developed MC.

Tex

Any recommendations for the insomnia Tex? I forgot to mention I also started using the topical magnesium, along with capsules Daily, but the upper back/spine pain and insomnia started around the same time?
Return of the Tinnitus is just the icing on the cake of misery!
Thanks Again!

for some, when they start magnesium they can feel a bit worse before they feel better!

it is the body using the magnesium after a period of deficiency.

we have some information about this in this post/discussion
http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=19921