new here, lots to learn.... impatient to heal. Diagnosed with UC

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I've been on SCD for about a month. I've tried alot of different alternatives to

medication from day 1 of being diagnosed because i've never liked taking

medicine for anything, but this is the first time in my life where i'm forced to

in order to be able to function day to day.

Here's some quick questions.

Almond flour, how much is too much? It seems like we make everything from almond

flour or peannuts (at least the bread like baked goods) but i've heard of people

developing an allergy to almond flour after using it for a while. Is this true?

If so, should I be limiting my use of almond flour, or try to use walnut flour

instead? Walnut flour def does not taste as good!

I guess I would consider myself impatient. I've been following this diet super

strict for a month, but i've been on it for about 4 months although I could not

be 100% because of weddings or other once in a lifetime events that I " had " to

cheat at. Unfortunatly I haven't noticed any improvements. I'm going to stay on

this diet for a year because I believe in it, and I want to at least give it a

chance to work. I figure if I did 26 years worth of damage to my body without

knowing it, a year of trying to see some sort of improvement is worth a shot.

What does everyone cook to eat throuout the week? I am ALWAYS hungry. I was

always a big eater before even though I always ate healthy. No potatoes except

sweet potatoes, I avoided bread, ect... but now i'm still hungry and I can't

have a quick fix of a frozen pizza from the atore unless I made one myself

previously and froze it. I've been trying that, and trying to keep a steady

supply of PB brownies, SCD cheesecake, and pork roasts around, but it's still

hard! Any tips for keeping enough food handy? Maybe things that you have found

easy to make that last a long time? I feel like all I do is divide my time

between work and trying to find the time to cook enough food. I'm also busy

which doesn't help and I go to the gym so that takes up alot of time as well.

How did you deal with the emotional side of things? Taking the meds sucks, and I

still feel like i'm never really better, but not really that sick either. I

still have D and blood even though i'm taking 12 Asacol a day. It only goes away

when I use an entocort enema... EWW... and it's only temporary for the day after

I use it. Sometimes it really gets me down. Expecially the " why me " . I have

great support, but nobody really knows how i'm feeling unless your going through

the same things I am. Having your stomach hurt 24/7 for the past year isn't

comparable to very much... although I do realize alot of people have it much

worse off than I do. I still don't feel very lucky though.

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10mg Prednisone (doc thinks i'm taking 20 but I am having the same results on 10

as I was on 40.. it's doing nothing)

4 Asacol 3 times a day. (this helped the first week now it's plateued into

taking my pain away but I still have the symptoms of blood, mucus, and not much

else comes out.

entocort enema for " special occasions " when I really want to be " normal " the

next day.