I am looking for others diagnosed with microscopic colitis

@ndough I’m still taking 3mg budesonide 4 days a week. But if I had a flare, I’m sure I would be in your same predicament.

@rebe410 You mean pepto bismal? Your autocorrect is trying to take over, I think. The pepto bismal did always work great for me, but I can no longer take it. I’m on blood thinners (since a year ago) and Pepto has salicylic acid in it. One more reason I can’t take Budesonide - not for cardiovascular patients. And I also just found out that I should have called my cardiologist right away when it flared up. I did not know. But I really can’t get out to his office.

@janstur Of course you have an UTI. With mc, it is impossible to keep yourself clean, especially at night. The bacteria gets into your urethra and BOOM, another UTI.

@rebe410 I can’t even begin to imagine trying to stay cool in Arizona unless I just became a hermit. Wasn’t Dante from there?

@ndough
I did, me and auto correct are not the best of friends.
Sorry you can't take it, we are very limited on what we can take!
Hope you feel better soon!

@ndough
The summers can be tough but we love the rest of the year.
Not sure

@rebe410 that’s about the way I feel about Texas, I guess. At least the weather.

@ndough

Everywhere seems to have good and bad. Never have found a perfect place!

@ndough You should look into a toilet-seat bidet, which is easy to install and hugely helpful. I've had mine for three years with no problems. They ran about $300 when I bought it -- could be more now. But if I had to replace mine, I would gladly pay 3 or 4 times that much. Truly a lifesaver for anyone with MC. Cleans gently and completely both front and rear. Check it out on the internet.

@mcdcm That’s the first thing I thought of. Unfortunately, our house is old and there are no outlets in the bathrooms. ( There’s probably only one or two per room!) We would need to have the entire bathroom rewired. The lights are over sink and there is an outlet on the side of lights, but it only works when you turn wall switch on. And then there’s the 3 foot above floor minimum for bidet outlet rule. I don’t think we can afford it. It would be cheaper (hah) to buy a regular bidet.