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Non-Celiac Gluten Intolerance, Allergies to Wheat, Rye and 50+ other foods, Lymphocitic colitis, Chronic Apthuous Stomatitis, Epstein-Barr Virus, Ovarian Cysts, Fibrocystic Breast Lumps, Thyroid Nodules, inability to produce Cortisol, low vitamin levels

Despite this, I function at a very high level most of the time, but when I get sick, I get really sick. Not fun. Wish they had more answers for auto immune diseases.

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    frustrated with my auto immune disease...

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    Hi everyone, Ok... I just need to vent here. Thoughts and suggestions are welcome, though, if you have had experience with the same issues! I have a history of celiac (actually, "non-celiac" gluten intolerance and severe wheat allergy), lymphocitic colitis, chronic apthuous ulcers, ever-changing thyroid numbers - on the low side, thyroid nodules...
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    I posted something on here in 2004 about my fabulous dentist in Stamford, CT who was very Celiac-aware and took really good care of me! Unfortunately, he has sold his practice and his office is a disaster now. I don't trust going there at all. So, I am trying to find a new dentist in the town where I now live. I have called 4 or 5 dental offices this morning...
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    I continued to have symptoms, too, despite having been gluten-free since 2003. I used the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (it was great!) and the PALEO diet (it was BETTER!). However, they finally figured out that I have Lymphocitic Colitis. Have you been biopsied for that? Apparently they have to take a minimum of 12-16 biopsies throughout the colon to catch...
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    I just wanted to let you all know that they have FINALLY figured it out. (I posted something on another message with complete explanation if you want to look it up.) My new gastro did biopsies 3 weeks ago that showed Lymphocitic Colitis, which certainly explains A LOT. I am better already on 18 days of 9mg/dayEntocort and 6 caplets a day of Pepto Bismol...
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    FYI - update... They just diagnosed me with Lymphocitic Colitis... which is the cause of all the previous trouble + more recent ones. (look at my other posts) K
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    Just wondering if you are better. One thing I have learned from some other LC patients is that LC often responds to Cipro or Levaquin. (the danger of these drugs, though, is that they can cause tendons to rupture.) I ALWAYS get better on those 2 antibiotics. I have been on Entocort for 19 days now... feeling much better and symptoms are subsiding...
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    Hi there, I was just diagnosed with Lymphocitic Colitis 2 weeks ago. I have been on a strict gluten-free diet since August 2003, when I was diagnosed with Celiac. My biopsy 2 weeks ago shows no current sign of Celiac, so that at least shows I am following the diet! So how's this for a story? I have been horribly ill for the past year. It all started...
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    I agree with the previous 2 replies, and would like to add that perhaps even the paleo diet might help. Check out the book 'THE PALEO DIET" by L. Cordain. There are some great websites, too. SCD might help you heal. FYI: I was diagnosed as being wheat-intolerant by a French doctor after having repeated infections. She was right, and my celiac blood...
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    Hi everyone, I noticed in a lot of posts on this thread that people are talking about SCD diet being low-carb. I guess it COULD be, depending on what you eat, but if you follow the diet suggestions in BREAKING THE VICIOUS CYCLE, the diet is actually pretty high in carbs. The book does a great job of explaining the premise behind the diet and why following...
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    Hi everyone, After a 12-week bout with chronic aphthous ulcers (hundreds of them; I was hospitalized), a roller-coaster ride on high-dose prednisone for 11 weeks, and now dealing with daily colchicine (indefinitely) for control of the canker sores, I am back on the SCD Diet (which is very nearly PALEO, except for a some dairy on the SCD). My doctors cannot...
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    I don't even have gluten foods in my house. IN fact, they have never been in my house, since I just bought it 2 years ago and it was new. I live alone. My friends don't bring gluten here. I do not eat out at all anymore. I eat no processed foods - just meat, fish and veggies (and a little fruit). That's it. My toothpaste is tom's of maine - which is...
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    Ok...complete frustration here... After taking prednisone for FOUR WEEKS, the sores all came back within 48 hours of stopping the meds. I am so angry! My mouth hurts so much. The blood tests were negative for coxscakie and my new infectious disease doc ran all kinds of blood work to check for vitamin deficiencies. There are NONE. So, we have no...
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    Actually, you're wrong on the origin of the sores. These are NOT herpes and are not spread sexually. They are purely VIRAL. I have gone over and over this with the specialists. They have been cultured, etc. It is definitely NOT that. K
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    So...another question for those of you that have had severe outbreaks like this before... I am now at Day 32 after the sores started, and they are virtually gone. There are still a few in there, and a few pop up each day, but go away fast, since I am still on prednisone. So, now that the mouth is healing, I am noticing that my tongue and inside of my...
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