Hi. I was diagnosed with MC in February. I am 65. I had a full hysterectomy in September due to a diagnosis of precancer in my endometrium which turned out to be a small cancerous tumor. They got it all thankfully. 10 weeks later I went on a week-long cruise to the Caribbean and halfway through had lots of diarrhea. I thought it was food poisoning or giardia. When I got back it took a while to see a GI doc and then I did all the testing, (all negative), culminating in a colonoscopy with 3 biopsies. My diarrhea had been 6 weeks and the colonoscopy seemed to reset me, but I was diagnosed with microscopic colitis. I took Budesonide for 1 week and was not doing well so they told me I could quit. I was doing just fine, like my old self when I could eat anything and then bam, early May I had a flareup. I've been on the highly restrictive diet for too long now and am craving the old food. I've lost 12 pounds so far and can't afford it. I've always eaten healthy: no red meats or pork, fresh fruits and veggies as much as possible, and very little alcohol. I'm not a smoker. If anything I could exercise more but before this flareup I was walking a mile a day. I'm back on the Budesonide at a lower dose. I wonder...did the hysterectomy cause this? Did some weird bug in the Caribbean cause this? I seem to be coming out of this flareup, thankfully, but now I guess I add foods one at a time? Very depressed.