Re: Travel / Vacation and SCD

[Guest guest]

I've only made one trip on SCD. It was for one week, and I just packed enough

food in my cooler to last that long. The only 2 things I ate that weren't mine

were a hamburger at a family member's house, and a steak from Outback

Steakhouse. It was remarkably easy to do!

Holly

Crohn's

SCD 12/01/08

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> I am at a point in my life where I want to travel... see the world. I would be

taking trips more than a few days and would be unable to bring my own pre-made

SCD foods ect. I read Raman Prashad's book " colitis and me " and he says in it

that he traveled to the middle east twice on SCD already.

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> How do you travel with SCD?? Where do you find the foods you can eat? There

has got to be a way....

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> UC - 1 year

> SCD - 3.5 months 100% strict and 4 months restricted diet.

> Asacol - 4 pills 3 times a day - hopefully scd will help me get off these!

> No more Hydrocortisone or Prednisone!

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[Guest guest]

I've only made one trip on SCD. It was for one week, and I just packed enough

food in my cooler to last that long. The only 2 things I ate that weren't mine

were a hamburger at a family member's house, and a steak from Outback

Steakhouse. It was remarkably easy to do!

Holly

Crohn's

SCD 12/01/08

>

>

> I am at a point in my life where I want to travel... see the world. I would be

taking trips more than a few days and would be unable to bring my own pre-made

SCD foods ect. I read Raman Prashad's book " colitis and me " and he says in it

that he traveled to the middle east twice on SCD already.

>

> How do you travel with SCD?? Where do you find the foods you can eat? There

has got to be a way....

>

> -

> UC - 1 year

> SCD - 3.5 months 100% strict and 4 months restricted diet.

> Asacol - 4 pills 3 times a day - hopefully scd will help me get off these!

> No more Hydrocortisone or Prednisone!

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

I've only made one trip on SCD. It was for one week, and I just packed enough

food in my cooler to last that long. The only 2 things I ate that weren't mine

were a hamburger at a family member's house, and a steak from Outback

Steakhouse. It was remarkably easy to do!

Holly

Crohn's

SCD 12/01/08

>

>

> I am at a point in my life where I want to travel... see the world. I would be

taking trips more than a few days and would be unable to bring my own pre-made

SCD foods ect. I read Raman Prashad's book " colitis and me " and he says in it

that he traveled to the middle east twice on SCD already.

>

> How do you travel with SCD?? Where do you find the foods you can eat? There

has got to be a way....

>

> -

> UC - 1 year

> SCD - 3.5 months 100% strict and 4 months restricted diet.

> Asacol - 4 pills 3 times a day - hopefully scd will help me get off these!

> No more Hydrocortisone or Prednisone!

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

I've only traveled in my car with my travel cooler full of SCD food. I have been

to Israel a few years back (before SCD). There was always fresh fruits and

vegetables to eat. I'm sure one could get fresh fish, steak, eggs prepared in

restaurants for you. I haven't ventured out by airplane yet.

I think once you are advanced on the diet enough for fresh fruits, vegetables,

and nuts, it is probably doable.

PJ

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> I am at a point in my life where I want to travel... see the world. I would be

taking trips more than a few days and would be unable to bring my own pre-made

SCD foods ect. I read Raman Prashad's book " colitis and me " and he says in it

that he traveled to the middle east twice on SCD already.

>

> How do you travel with SCD?? Where do you find the foods you can eat? There

has got to be a way....

>

> -

> UC - 1 year

> SCD - 3.5 months 100% strict and 4 months restricted diet.

> Asacol - 4 pills 3 times a day - hopefully scd will help me get off these!

> No more Hydrocortisone or Prednisone!

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

I've only traveled in my car with my travel cooler full of SCD food. I have been

to Israel a few years back (before SCD). There was always fresh fruits and

vegetables to eat. I'm sure one could get fresh fish, steak, eggs prepared in

restaurants for you. I haven't ventured out by airplane yet.

I think once you are advanced on the diet enough for fresh fruits, vegetables,

and nuts, it is probably doable.

PJ

>

>

> I am at a point in my life where I want to travel... see the world. I would be

taking trips more than a few days and would be unable to bring my own pre-made

SCD foods ect. I read Raman Prashad's book " colitis and me " and he says in it

that he traveled to the middle east twice on SCD already.

>

> How do you travel with SCD?? Where do you find the foods you can eat? There

has got to be a way....

>

> -

> UC - 1 year

> SCD - 3.5 months 100% strict and 4 months restricted diet.

> Asacol - 4 pills 3 times a day - hopefully scd will help me get off these!

> No more Hydrocortisone or Prednisone!

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

I've only traveled in my car with my travel cooler full of SCD food. I have been

to Israel a few years back (before SCD). There was always fresh fruits and

vegetables to eat. I'm sure one could get fresh fish, steak, eggs prepared in

restaurants for you. I haven't ventured out by airplane yet.

I think once you are advanced on the diet enough for fresh fruits, vegetables,

and nuts, it is probably doable.

PJ

>

>

> I am at a point in my life where I want to travel... see the world. I would be

taking trips more than a few days and would be unable to bring my own pre-made

SCD foods ect. I read Raman Prashad's book " colitis and me " and he says in it

that he traveled to the middle east twice on SCD already.

>

> How do you travel with SCD?? Where do you find the foods you can eat? There

has got to be a way....

>

> -

> UC - 1 year

> SCD - 3.5 months 100% strict and 4 months restricted diet.

> Asacol - 4 pills 3 times a day - hopefully scd will help me get off these!

> No more Hydrocortisone or Prednisone!

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I think traveling includes these issues:

1) how healed you are (can you take the chance of getting dysentery while away?

Can you take the chance on eating out if something that seems legal/the

restaurant tells you is legal turns out not to be 100% okay?)

2) where you're traveling to in terms of if that type of culture is amenable to

SCD cooking, or if you can find a restaurant to just make you plain steak or

fish

3) are you going to a place by driving so you can carry more food w. you or are

you flying and you'd need to really plan ahead on how much/what type of food.

Good luck w. figuring it out. These are some of the things that came to the top

of my mind reading your question. Certainly not an end, just a start to this

discussion!

Ellen

11 yo/ dd scd for three years for crohn's

med-free

[Guest guest]

Since I've been SCD I've traveled to the Philippines, Hong Kong and Vietnam (I

live in DC). The " trick " for me has been to travel places where I know people.

In the Phils I stayed with my best friend's family and they had a cook who they

told what to make. I also brought some almond flour and made some muffins and

cookies while there. Hong Kong I just brought food with me and had plain meat

(when I was still eating meat) and veggies in restaurants. My parents live in

Vietnam so I stayed with them there and used their kitchen to cook. I did

venture out to Cambodia for a couple days. For breakfast I had fruit and had

the hotel cook (since brekkie was included in the stay) prepare a couple hard

boiled eggs. I would eat one or two and bring the rest with me for lunch (along

with something like lara bars as snacks). I had a fridge in my room so when I

was in Vietnam I made a bunch of chicken stuff and froze it for the flight to

Cambodia and then put it in the fridge when I got there and used it for dinner

and occasionally lunch. I definitely end up losing weight when I travel and

it's probably not just because I'm walking everywhere!

I think that the next time I venture overseas I might not be staying with people

I know so I'll be looking for an apartment that I can rent for a couple days

(it's an option that I found out about when looking for places to stay in

Scotland) or looking into a B&B where I can talk to the person cooking the

breakfast. Oh, has anyone been to the SCD B&B's? I'm so curious about them.

Oh and as for the flights themselves? The last couple times I've gone I've

brought hard boiled eggs, a banana or two, some SCD cookies, maybe some kind of

bar like lara bars and (something I can't do now) jerky. I found some that

seemed to be SCD legal at the farmer's market. I talked to the guys selling it

and they said they didn't put anything in it. Of course I don't eat that junk

anymore so next time I'll probably take that out and instead bring some nuts or

something.

One of the things that does kill me about being on this diet though is not being

able to eat the local cuisine. I've lived overseas most of my life and part of

the joy of traveling for me was experiencing the local culture through their

food. True, some fruits and veg do taste a little different when you travel but

it's not quite the same thing. I always feel really bad when people offer me

food and I have to turn them down....especially because in the countries I tend

to travel to it can taken as an insult. I say " food allergy " but you can tell

people still feel kind of bad.

As a " funny " aside...when I was in the Phils I had people tell me on two

separate occasions (and from different backgrounds - Filipino and Italian) that

they " pity " me or, " if I had your diet, I would kill myself. " Traveling with

friends who understood the diet and why I'm on it certainly helped. They made

me laugh about situations like that one. Mind, I'm not insulted at all by what

they said. I can see where they're coming from and I understand the cultural

background enough not to be insulted. It's the same way as in Vietnam if

someone said " oh, your husband is ugly, " it's not meant as any kind of insult

and isn't taken that way by anyone familiar with the culture (more a statement

of fact??) so definitely familiarize yourself with the place you'll be going

first.

Entirely too long of a response

Stacey

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> I am at a point in my life where I want to travel... see the world. I would be

taking trips more than a few days and would be unable to bring my own pre-made

SCD foods ect. I read Raman Prashad's book " colitis and me " and he says in it

that he traveled to the middle east twice on SCD already.

>

> How do you travel with SCD?? Where do you find the foods you can eat? There

has got to be a way....

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

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> How do you travel with SCD?? Where do you find the foods you can eat? There

has got to be a way....

I've done a bit of traveling on SCD: Colorado (stayed with family), Cayman

Islands (condo), Baja Mexico (condo/driving/brought own groceries), Mammoth

Mountain (hotel w/fridge & microwave), and several overnight weekend trips. I've

limited myself to locations that I know have readily accessible meats and

vegetables and have unfortunately not felt ready to go to countries where rice

and beans are the mainstay like mainland Mexico, Latin America, etc., or

southeast Asia. That's been kind of a bummer because we used to travel into

those areas a lot before I had UC, but I hope to be able to return there

sometime.

My basic " must-haves " are to bring yogurt and some yogurt starter in case my

yogurt gets lost or something, muffins, and pecan butter brownies. For my

flights, I always grill up some chicken breasts ahead of time and freeze them

then put those, a couple hard-boiled eggs, cheese, apple, banana, brownie,

sometimes even some cold cooked veggies like asparagus or carrots into a gallon

ziploc, along with an extra empty quart ziplock. I keep ice or a blue-ice pack

in the ziplock until right before security when I throw it away. After security,

I go to a fast-food place in the airport and fill my quart bag with ice for the

flight (unless I plan to eat soon after boarding, then it's not really necessary

to get more ice).

I always get a condo if it's going to be more than 2-3 days so I can shop and

cook. I bring mini-baggies of spices with me and some easy recipes. So far, I've

had pretty good luck eating out but again, I've stayed places where the language

and culture are similar to here, and I usually end up at the higher-end

restaurants since they're more likely to be making fresh food from scratch.

So - travelling can be done. It just requires more advance planning than you're

used to! And ... I echo the sentiment that it would be a good idea to be pretty

well healed and stable on SCD before doing any major traveling in case your

system gets hit with some unfamiliar flora. Even going to Cayman twice, I found

that there is enough difference in the local food and water (even drinking

bottled water) that my system gets a little off. Of course, that happened even

before I ever had UC and I know it happens to most people - so that's an

additional consideration beyond our conditions.

Where are you thinking of traveling?

Kathy

UC since 12/05

SCD since 7/07, med free 7/08-4/09, almost med-free again after an

antibiotic-induced flare in 3/09

LDN started 7/09