MICROSCOPIC COLITIS SUPPORT

Thank you Tex and Deanna for the responses. I will check out the Gatorade! I have had small amounts of applesauce as well as the chicken broth the last two days but that's it food wise. The ENT said the most important thing the first week was to stay hydrated. It is extremely difficult to swallow fl...

I still consider myself a newbie and have not had a "real" flare since my diagnosis last October of LC. I had my tonsils out on April 30 (I know, at 42, what was I thinking?!) and am now feeling like I am reliving last summer. I am on a fairly new pain med, Nucynta, which should actually b...

I lean a bit towards yes in the antibiotics. I was recently diagnosed with LC. In Jan 2011, I was diagnosed with Lyme's after complaining of joint pain (I thought it was arthritis) and was put on Doxycycline. In March, I had a peritonsillar abscess. I had two courses of IV antibiotics, clindamyacin ...

Thanks for answering! So far all my thyroid testing has been within normal range. I did have repeat of ana's done today so I should know Monday the results....a perk for working for your doctor..no need for holding or waiting for a call back! Tex, the pathology report does say early LC and my PCP do...

I am 42 and just diagnosed with LC on colonscopy. I had 13 weeks of WD up to 10 times a day with a minimum of 3. I work for my primary care physician who at first wasn't concerned but after six weeks said it was not normal to have diarrhea that long. She sent me to GI who thought it was a delayed re...