I'm having trouble with too much fibrosis in my body again. I went through this about 3 yrs ago. I'm going to physical therapy and they are doing what they call scraping. It's trying to break up (compared to scar tissue). She seems to think since I have the gluten and dairy problem, that's causing it.
Does anyone know of anything I can take to help with the inflammation? I know we can't take ibuprofen, I can take meloxicam but don't think it's helping.
You have to do major stretching to help it. When I had this so bad before, it was in the T Band, up the sides of the legs. I think you could call it bursitis. I had shots in both hips and it did help for a couple of yrs.
Thanks for any help.
Love,
Connie
help with inflammation in body
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Re: help with inflammation in body
Bursitis is caused by calcium deposits in joints, isn't it? If so, it's probably caused by a chronic magnesium deficiency.
Also, if you're carefully avoiding gluten and dairy, then they can't be causing any symptoms. Having a food sensitivity is irrelevant, as long as you avoid that food. A food sensitivity can only cause problems/symptoms if you eat that food.
Why can't you/we take ibuprofen? It's not an NSAID.
Love,
Tex
Also, if you're carefully avoiding gluten and dairy, then they can't be causing any symptoms. Having a food sensitivity is irrelevant, as long as you avoid that food. A food sensitivity can only cause problems/symptoms if you eat that food.
Why can't you/we take ibuprofen? It's not an NSAID.
Love,
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.
Re: help with inflammation in body
Tex,
I have cheated some after healing for 5 yrs. I know that's not a good thing. I never eat bread but do eat out some and I'm sure it's in some of the food.
I was thinking we couldn't take ibuprofen but needed to take tylenol. I think i'll knock out the meloxicam, I know you can't take ibuprofen with that. I don't think the meloxicam is helping.
Thanks for replying and hope you are able to stay inside with all of this heat!!
Connie
I have cheated some after healing for 5 yrs. I know that's not a good thing. I never eat bread but do eat out some and I'm sure it's in some of the food.
I was thinking we couldn't take ibuprofen but needed to take tylenol. I think i'll knock out the meloxicam, I know you can't take ibuprofen with that. I don't think the meloxicam is helping.
Thanks for replying and hope you are able to stay inside with all of this heat!!
Connie
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Connie,
Oops, I had a brain-failure there. For some unknown reason (probably old age), when I saw "ibuprofen", I read "acetaminophen", instead. Doh! You're quite correct — ibuprofen is off limits for us. Tylenol is safe.
Whenever you eat out, taking a GlutenEase right before the meal, might resolve your problems. With published research showing that at least 50% of restaurant meals claimed to be gluten-free are not, you're surely getting traces of all sorts of off-limits food ingredients in your diet, and that's the likely cause of your symptoms.
I know nothing about meloxicam. Have you tried Arnica? If Tylenol isn't effective, then Arnica probablyu wouldn't be, either.
Regarding the temperatures: We've been extremely lucky here so far. Ever since April, we've had above normal rainfall, and that continues to hold the temperatures down. Our highs have been in the upper 80s and lower 90s — well below the upper 90s and triple digits that we normally have this time of year. It has rained almost every day so far in July (it has only skipped 2 or 3). Our wheat was sprouted in the head before we were able to harvest it, and now our maize (grain sorghum) is sprouting in the head. Obviously that cuts the value way down. The rains brought good yields, but it also killed the price we could get for the grain.
Tex
Oops, I had a brain-failure there. For some unknown reason (probably old age), when I saw "ibuprofen", I read "acetaminophen", instead. Doh! You're quite correct — ibuprofen is off limits for us. Tylenol is safe.
Whenever you eat out, taking a GlutenEase right before the meal, might resolve your problems. With published research showing that at least 50% of restaurant meals claimed to be gluten-free are not, you're surely getting traces of all sorts of off-limits food ingredients in your diet, and that's the likely cause of your symptoms.
I know nothing about meloxicam. Have you tried Arnica? If Tylenol isn't effective, then Arnica probablyu wouldn't be, either.
Regarding the temperatures: We've been extremely lucky here so far. Ever since April, we've had above normal rainfall, and that continues to hold the temperatures down. Our highs have been in the upper 80s and lower 90s — well below the upper 90s and triple digits that we normally have this time of year. It has rained almost every day so far in July (it has only skipped 2 or 3). Our wheat was sprouted in the head before we were able to harvest it, and now our maize (grain sorghum) is sprouting in the head. Obviously that cuts the value way down. The rains brought good yields, but it also killed the price we could get for the grain.
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.
Re: help with inflammation in body
Tex,
Would acetaminophen help with the inflammation? We can take that? I don't know why I thought it was the same as ibuprofen?
Thanks,
Connie
Would acetaminophen help with the inflammation? We can take that? I don't know why I thought it was the same as ibuprofen?
Thanks,
Connie
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WOW Tex....Regarding the temperatures: We've been extremely lucky here so far. Ever since April, we've had above normal rainfall, and that continues to hold the temperatures down. Our highs have been in the upper 80s and lower 90s — well below the upper 90s and triple digits that we normally have this time of year. It has rained almost every day so far in July (it has only skipped 2 or 3). Our wheat was sprouted in the head before we were able to harvest it, and now our maize (grain sorghum) is sprouting in the head. Obviously that cuts the value way down. The rains brought good yields, but it also killed the price we could get for the grain.
This is the extreme opposite here in Walla Walla, WA. We have had extreme dryness and some crops are barely getting over 85 bushel where they were 120-150! Sprouting before getting to cut it is not good :-(
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Dx LC April 2012 had symptoms since Aug 2007
Dx LC April 2012 had symptoms since Aug 2007
Re: help with inflammation in body
Connie,
It always helped me, as long as I took it with food, and before the pain got to the severe level. But if I waited too long before taking it (in the case of a headache, backache, or whatever), or if I took it on an empty stomach, I couldn't tell that it was helping much — at least it didn't completely resolve the problem.
Tex
It always helped me, as long as I took it with food, and before the pain got to the severe level. But if I waited too long before taking it (in the case of a headache, backache, or whatever), or if I took it on an empty stomach, I couldn't tell that it was helping much — at least it didn't completely resolve the problem.
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.
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Erica,
For some strange reason, we're getting your rainfall, and you're getting our typical Texas hot, dry, summer weather (except that it doesn't usually get as hot down here as it has up there this year). The hottest summer I can remember is 2011, when our temperature got up to 113. Normally, it doesn't get but a few degrees above 100, on the hottest days.
This year, the corn crop looks like it was growing in the Midwest, or it was irrigated. I farmed for many years, but I can't remember any year when it looked this good, or stayed green this long. But it will be ready to harvest in 2 or 3 weeks, and if this weather pattern doesn't change drastically, there are going to be a lot of stressed-out, frustrated farmers.
Tex
For some strange reason, we're getting your rainfall, and you're getting our typical Texas hot, dry, summer weather (except that it doesn't usually get as hot down here as it has up there this year). The hottest summer I can remember is 2011, when our temperature got up to 113. Normally, it doesn't get but a few degrees above 100, on the hottest days.
This year, the corn crop looks like it was growing in the Midwest, or it was irrigated. I farmed for many years, but I can't remember any year when it looked this good, or stayed green this long. But it will be ready to harvest in 2 or 3 weeks, and if this weather pattern doesn't change drastically, there are going to be a lot of stressed-out, frustrated farmers.
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.