Re: Intro diet and symptoms questions

[Guest guest]

Hi Greg,

After starting SCD in March, I had a pretty bad 3rd month flare that

started at the end of June where I had symptoms much like you mention,

so went back to intro. Improvement was infinitesimal for several weeks

and really began very noticeable improvements after about 6 weeks. I

did intro for about a week without eggs or dccc or grape juice. I just

drank water instead of juice. I didn't do eggs for a while because of

the D, and slowly added some of the phase 1 foods from the pecanbread

list. When I did introduce eggs after a few weeks , it was in the form

of banana pancakes. Overall, lots of chicken soup, chicken pancakes,

beef patties, cooked carrots, and bananas.

Just take it slow and things will get better.

Peace,

Geoff

Crohn's/Colitis 8/99

SCD 3/08

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the reply Geoff,

Just wondering one other thing, how long did it take for the D to go

away and the frequency to lighten up?

greg

[Guest guest]

> Thanks for the reply Geoff,

>

> Just wondering one other thing, how long did it take for the D to go

> away and the frequency to lighten up?

>

Everyone is different. It depends on the disease and your

individual sensitivities and the state of your bacterial colonies and

how long you

have had the disease and how severe it is currently. Some people firm

up right away - others take quite a while to see a substantial

change. The

important thing is that you monitor your symptoms and determine that

your symptoms are moving in the right direction - or at least there is

no

change.

I'd try to stop the immodium, if I were you. First, I believe it is

illegal and second, all it is doing is masking your symptoms. So you

won't know your true state and your reaction. And to what extent the

intro diet is working for you. FWIW. Unless you are taking it because

it permits you to go to work.

Mara

[Guest guest]

My son got regular BM around day 23 of the diet.

Kay

Please, please keep a detailed journal so that you can track your

intact and symptoms also......... that's the only reason I'm able to

tell you the exact day!

>

> Ok so this is my second go around with the SCD (i have had UC for 9

> years). First time i went too quick in the adding foods dept. and

> made things worse. This time im doing it right (i hope). So far i

> have done the intro diet for 5 days (had pretty severe D- roughly 15

> times a day) then started adding more meats and grape juice and now

> have added eggs. I am wondering how long my D will stay with me and

> how long my frequency will be kinda high. Right now i am going

> roughly 7-9 times as D and feel i have lost way too much weight (about

> 20 lbs.) Im thinking that maybe i added eggs too soon, but am

> wondering what other foods i can add besides trying the yogurt now and

> meats. I think that DCCC is also for a later time but im gonna try it

> and see. If anyone has answers to the length of D, stool forming

> foods maybe, frequency of D, and any intro foods i may have missed. I

> really want to gain my 20lbs back because i need it, so any and all

> help will be greatly appreciated.

>

> Thanks,

> Greg

> UC for 9 years (have been on asacol, pentasa, colazol, prednisone and

> 6-mp) currently not on any meds but have used imodium the past couple

> days to see if it would help.

>