Guest guest Posted November 22, 2009 Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 tomorrow is week three on the diet and I have a couple of question. For the last two days I have been having extreme fatigue again similar to the first few days on the diet. Is this normal? Also, I am eliminating foods one at a time to find out what is causing my " D " to persist. I have been without eggs for three days and have seen no change. Is this long enough to wait? next I may try eliminating cheese. any thoughts on cheese? I have been putting pepper on all my meats and my mom thinks this may be the problem. Could pepper cause the " D " to continue? It seemed pretty benighn to me. ??? would i still get the nutrition I need if I eliminated red meat and ate only chicken and fish? I'm one week away from the four week dead line mentioned in the book.I don't know if I should continue or not. Thanks travis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2009 Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 > tomorrow is week three on the diet and I have a couple of question. > For the last two days I have been having extreme fatigue again > similar to the first few days on the diet. Is this normal? Yeah, it's normal in the first month - you are having a lot of changes in your gut - it's a process and healing takes great energy - and you may be having die off. > Also, I am eliminating foods one at a time to find out what is > causing my " D " to persist. It would be helpful in these posts if you remind us of what you have - because it's hard to be specific when we are not sure what you are talking about. > I have been without eggs for three days and have seen no change. Is > this long enough to wait? yes. > next I may try eliminating cheese. any thoughts on cheese? I have > been putting pepper on all my meats and my mom thinks this may be > the problem. Could pepper cause the " D " to continue? Yes or no. You'll have to trial it. But from what you last reported - it may not be a specific food, but the gut mechanism still not repaired from disease - which is going to take a lot longer to fix than 3 weeks. > It seemed pretty benighn to me. ??? would i still get the nutrition > I need if I eliminated red meat and ate only chicken and fish? why would you want to do that if you don't have to? > I'm one week away from the four week dead line mentioned in the > book.I don't know if I should continue or not. Has SCD effected your symptoms? It seems like you have described positive changes in the last weeks. Did you think you would be all healed up in 4 weeks? Mara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2009 Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 I think it is a common mistake to think all will be well by 4 weeks. I think the book suggests that is long enough to see some improvement, but it really is a slow process. The D may not be gone, but perhaps the frequency is less, or things are more formed. That is progress. It would be a shame to give up if some improvement is just around the corner. It is tough to start SCD, but you do get used to it. Pepper is irritating. I don't use it. I could not tolerate much cheese in the beginning, but I can now. Go slow, be patient. My saving grace was frozen bananas for a pick me up. Broth soups are always good. Look for slow progress. PJ > > > tomorrow is week three on the diet and I have a couple of question. > > For the last two days I have been having extreme fatigue again > > similar to the first few days on the diet. Is this normal? > > Yeah, it's normal in the first month - you are having a lot of > changes in your > gut - it's a process and healing takes great energy - and you may be > having > die off. > > > > Also, I am eliminating foods one at a time to find out what is > > causing my " D " to persist. > > It would be helpful in these posts if you remind us of what you have - > because it's hard to be specific when we are not sure what you are > talking about. > > > I have been without eggs for three days and have seen no change. Is > > this long enough to wait? > > yes. > > > next I may try eliminating cheese. any thoughts on cheese? I have > > been putting pepper on all my meats and my mom thinks this may be > > the problem. Could pepper cause the " D " to continue? > > Yes or no. You'll have to trial it. > > But from what you last reported - it may not be a specific food, but > the gut mechanism still not repaired from disease - which is going to > take a lot longer to fix than 3 weeks. > > > > It seemed pretty benighn to me. ??? would i still get the nutrition > > I need if I eliminated red meat and ate only chicken and fish? > > why would you want to do that if you don't have to? > > > I'm one week away from the four week dead line mentioned in the > > book.I don't know if I should continue or not. > > Has SCD effected your symptoms? It seems like you have described > positive changes in the last weeks. > > Did you think you would be all healed up in 4 weeks? > > Mara > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2009 Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 no, i was not at all expecting to be healed in four weeks. I'm just the type who worries that if I do one little thing wron it is all for nothing. Yes, I have seen some improvement, but I am also seeing symptoms I never used to have. I have Crohn's disease which I believe is relatively mild compared to other people's discription of their symptoms. The only real symptom I ever had was persistent diarrhea. Now in addition to the D I have fatigue, gas/bloating and most worrisome to me, weight loss. I'm 5'11 " and 145 so I don't have much to loose. The book mentioned four weeks, but I know that must be highly subjective. I am commited until at least the new year. Also, the only reason I mentioned eliminating red meat is because I always feel " heavy " after steak. I enjoy it and am not opposed to it, I just thought maybe it was too much. I feel fine after chicken or fish. I also meant to ask about welch's grape juice. I found some posts here indicating that it is no longer leagal. Is this still the belief? This week I am trying Knudsen's (sp?) cherry juice. I think it is too rich for me, even watered down, and may go back to grape. travis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2009 Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 Hi My husband has Crohn's disease and has been on the diet for over a year now. I too thought that the meds my husband was taking were managing his disease and that he had a "mild" case of crohns as he didn't seem to have many of the problems that the people on this listserv have talked about. I thought that until our new GI wanted to put him on Remicade after doing a colonoscopy that showed the ulcer that he had had for a long time, wasn't healing. We found this diet and he found that the things that he just lived with like the upset stomach, etc. were gone with the diet. Almost ten months into the diet, he as hospitalized for the first time with a partial obstruction. To say I was devastated would be an understatement. I had put such hope in this diet. Fast forward 5 weeks for his colonoscopy. He has been put on prednisone (which he had been on a couple of other times for short periods) when he was in the hospital to open the blocked area. I was mentally preparing myself for when the GI came out after the procedure to talk to us about the next step in treatment. I was elated when the GI said his colon looked completely normal. So all of this is to say that the diet takes time, there will be many ups and downs as you figure out what foods work for you and what doesn't. My husband found that, if you can tolerate yogurt, half and half yogurt was a lot richer and once we started making that, he started gaining weight. He now is watching his weight because he is about 5 pounds over what he wants to weigh! He also does better with hamburger and doesn't seem to do well with steak, beef roast or stew meat. Welch's is legal just dilute it 50%. The Just Juice's are really rich according to my husband and he dilutes it a lot. Hope this helps some. Heidi To: BTVC-SCD From: travisak2561@...Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:52:26 +0000Subject: Re: week three no, i was not at all expecting to be healed in four weeks. I'm just the type who worries that if I do one little thing wron it is all for nothing. Yes, I have seen some improvement, but I am also seeing symptoms I never used to have. I have Crohn's disease which I believe is relatively mild compared to other people's discription of their symptoms. The only real symptom I ever had was persistent diarrhea. Now in addition to the D I have fatigue, gas/bloating and most worrisome to me, weight loss. I'm 5'11" and 145 so I don't have much to loose. The book mentioned four weeks, but I know that must be highly subjective. I am commited until at least the new year. Also, the only reason I mentioned eliminating red meat is because I always feel "heavy" after steak. I enjoy it and am not opposed to it, I just thought maybe it was too much. I feel fine after chicken or fish. I also meant to ask about welch's grape juice. I found some posts here indicating that it is no longer leagal. Is this still the belief? This week I am trying Knudsen's (sp?) cherry juice. I think it is too rich for me, even watered down, and may go back to grape.travis Bing brings you maps, menus, and reviews organized in one place. Try it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2009 Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 At 03:52 PM 11/22/2009, you wrote: I am commited until at least the new year. That's New Year of 2011, right? <smile> >> This week I am trying Knudsen's (sp?) cherry juice. I think it is too rich for me, even watered down, and may go back to grape. << Heh. A classic example differences between people. I do better with Knudsen's cherry than with either white or red or purple grape. — Marilyn New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 Darn Good SCD Cook No Human Children Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2009 Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 I gave up all meat and am still getting the nutrition I need. Even when I was eating meat though I leaned more towards chicken because the red meat made me feel bad. Another friend of mine had to give it up altogether because she would get horrible (read: explosive) D if she ate it. I think you'll be fine giving it up. > > > It seemed pretty benighn to me. ??? would i still get the nutrition > > I need if I eliminated red meat and ate only chicken and fish? > > why would you want to do that if you don't have to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2009 Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 At 05:02 PM 11/22/2009, you wrote: I think you'll be fine giving it [red meat] up. Again, this is where we are all different. I can easily eat red meat (see also, bison, by preference) daily, or twice daily. If I eat nothing but chicken and fish, though I like them very much, I start getting nauseated and gassy. — Marilyn New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 Darn Good SCD Cook No Human Children Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2009 Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 > > > At 05:02 PM 11/22/2009, you wrote: >> I think you'll be fine giving it [red meat] up. > > Again, this is where we are all different. I can easily eat red meat > (see also, bison, by preference) daily, or twice daily. If I eat > nothing but chicken and fish, though I like them very much, I start > getting nauseated and gassy. I don't have any of these problems - I just get bored, taste-wise, and I like all 3 of them. But, again, for a young man who wants to gain weight and does not have a moral issue with eating meat - why give up a valuable source of nutrition/protein as long as it is not giving you symptoms? Perhaps eat some meat (as opposed to chicken) in hearty broths. It's great, appropriate winter food. If it makes you feel heavy - perhaps try eating smaller portions of it at a sitting. Or a different cut of meat. Or as Marilyn suggests - bison, which is less fatty. Mara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2009 Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 >I think you'll be fine giving it [red meat] up. Again, this is where we are all different. I can easily eat red meat (see also, bison, by preference) daily, or twice daily. If I eat nothing but chicken and fish, though I like them very much, I start getting nauseated and gassy. — Marilyn We ARE all different. I can eat only chicken (or turkey if non-basted) and not much of it at a time. Fish gives me a full food poisoning reaction even when caught by a friend and known to be cleaned and frozen immediately. I am cautiously trying a few bites of beef. But, for me, getting the chicken back after 20 long miserable years with not a speck of protein, and you can imagine what that did to my hypoglycemia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2009 Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 thanks, i will try the half and half yogurt. I tried to make goats milk yogurt last week and it did not turn out. I followed the exact same method I had been using successfully with whole milk but it turned out very watery. ??? I will also try bison. That is one thing we can actually get fresh here in Fairbanks, AK. Still can't find dry curd cottage cheese. Your husband's story is exactly what I needed to read right now. thank you for sharing. > > > Hi > > > > My husband has Crohn's disease and has been on the diet for over a year now. I too thought that the meds my husband was taking were managing his disease and that he had a " mild " case of crohns as he didn't seem to have many of the problems that the people on this listserv have talked about. I thought that until our new GI wanted to put him on Remicade after doing a colonoscopy that showed the ulcer that he had had for a long time, wasn't healing. We found this diet and he found that the things that he just lived with like the upset stomach, etc. were gone with the diet. Almost ten months into the diet, he as hospitalized for the first time with a partial obstruction. To say I was devastated would be an understatement. I had put such hope in this diet. Fast forward 5 weeks for his colonoscopy. He has been put on prednisone (which he had been on a couple of other times for short periods) when he was in the hospital to open the blocked area. I was mentally preparing myself for when the GI came out after the procedure to talk to us about the next step in treatment. I was elated when the GI said his colon looked completely normal. So all of this is to say that the diet takes time, there will be many ups and downs as you figure out what foods work for you and what doesn't. My husband found that, if you can tolerate yogurt, half and half yogurt was a lot richer and once we started making that, he started gaining weight. He now is watching his weight because he is about 5 pounds over what he wants to weigh! He also does better with hamburger and doesn't seem to do well with steak, beef roast or stew meat. Welch's is legal just dilute it 50%. The Just Juice's are really rich according to my husband and he dilutes it a lot. Hope this helps some. Heidi > > > > To: BTVC-SCD > From: travisak2561@... > Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:52:26 +0000 > Subject: Re: week three > > > > > > no, i was not at all expecting to be healed in four weeks. I'm just the type who worries that if I do one little thing wron it is all for nothing. Yes, I have seen some improvement, but I am also seeing symptoms I never used to have. I have Crohn's disease which I believe is relatively mild compared to other people's discription of their symptoms. The only real symptom I ever had was persistent diarrhea. Now in addition to the D I have fatigue, gas/bloating and most worrisome to me, weight loss. I'm 5'11 " and 145 so I don't have much to loose. The book mentioned four weeks, but I know that must be highly subjective. I am commited until at least the new year. Also, the only reason I mentioned eliminating red meat is because I always feel " heavy " after steak. I enjoy it and am not opposed to it, I just thought maybe it was too much. I feel fine after chicken or fish. I also meant to ask about welch's grape juice. I found some posts here indicating that it is no longer leagal. Is this still the belief? This week I am trying Knudsen's (sp?) cherry juice. I think it is too rich for me, even watered down, and may go back to grape. > travis > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Bing brings you maps, menus, and reviews organized in one place. > http://www.bing.com/search?q=restaurants&form=MFESRP&publ=WLHMTAG&crea=TEXT_MFES\ RP_Local_MapsMenu_Resturants_1x1 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 23, 2009 Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 Goat milk yogurt is very watery, so you probably made it correctly. I made it once, and did not like it. You can order the DCCC from a company online " Blue Seal Kielbasa " DCCC freezes well, so you can order extra and save on shipping. Yes, it always helps to hear the success stories of others. Calcium is helpful with D- regular Calcium without magnesium can act as a binder. Make sure the supplement is " legal " . I think the bone broth soups are very helpful. PJ > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > > > My husband has Crohn's disease and has been on the diet for over a year now. I too thought that the meds my husband was taking were managing his disease and that he had a " mild " case of crohns as he didn't seem to have many of the problems that the people on this listserv have talked about. I thought that until our new GI wanted to put him on Remicade after doing a colonoscopy that showed the ulcer that he had had for a long time, wasn't healing. We found this diet and he found that the things that he just lived with like the upset stomach, etc. were gone with the diet. Almost ten months into the diet, he as hospitalized for the first time with a partial obstruction. To say I was devastated would be an understatement. I had put such hope in this diet. Fast forward 5 weeks for his colonoscopy. He has been put on prednisone (which he had been on a couple of other times for short periods) when he was in the hospital to open the blocked area. I was mentally preparing myself for when the GI came out after the procedure to talk to us about the next step in treatment. I was elated when the GI said his colon looked completely normal. So all of this is to say that the diet takes time, there will be many ups and downs as you figure out what foods work for you and what doesn't. My husband found that, if you can tolerate yogurt, half and half yogurt was a lot richer and once we started making that, he started gaining weight. He now is watching his weight because he is about 5 pounds over what he wants to weigh! He also does better with hamburger and doesn't seem to do well with steak, beef roast or stew meat. Welch's is legal just dilute it 50%. The Just Juice's are really rich according to my husband and he dilutes it a lot. Hope this helps some. Heidi > > > > > > > > To: BTVC-SCD > > From: travisak2561@ > > Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:52:26 +0000 > > Subject: Re: week three > > > > > > > > > > > > no, i was not at all expecting to be healed in four weeks. I'm just the type who worries that if I do one little thing wron it is all for nothing. Yes, I have seen some improvement, but I am also seeing symptoms I never used to have. I have Crohn's disease which I believe is relatively mild compared to other people's discription of their symptoms. The only real symptom I ever had was persistent diarrhea. Now in addition to the D I have fatigue, gas/bloating and most worrisome to me, weight loss. I'm 5'11 " and 145 so I don't have much to loose. The book mentioned four weeks, but I know that must be highly subjective. I am commited until at least the new year. Also, the only reason I mentioned eliminating red meat is because I always feel " heavy " after steak. I enjoy it and am not opposed to it, I just thought maybe it was too much. I feel fine after chicken or fish. I also meant to ask about welch's grape juice. I found some posts here indicating that it is no longer leagal. Is this still the belief? This week I am trying Knudsen's (sp?) cherry juice. I think it is too rich for me, even watered down, and may go back to grape. > > travis > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Bing brings you maps, menus, and reviews organized in one place. > > http://www.bing.com/search?q=restaurants&form=MFESRP&publ=WLHMTAG&crea=TEXT_MFES\ RP_Local_MapsMenu_Resturants_1x1 > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 23, 2009 Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 no, i was not at all expecting to be healed in four weeks. I'm just the type who worries that if I do one little thing wron it is all for nothing. Yes, I have seen some improvement, but I am also seeing symptoms I never used to have. I have Crohn's disease which I believe is relatively mild compared to other people's discription of their symptoms. The only real symptom I ever had was persistent diarrhea. Now in addition to the D I have fatigue, gas/bloating and most worrisome to me, weight loss. I'm 5'11 " and 145 so I don't have much to loose. The book mentioned four weeks, but I know that must be highly subjective. I am commited until at least the new year. Also, the only reason I mentioned eliminating red meat is because I always feel " heavy " after steak. I enjoy it and am not opposed to it, I just thought maybe it was too much. I feel fine after chicken or fish. I also meant to ask about welch's grape juice. I found some posts here indicating that it is no longer leagal. Is this still the belief? This week I am trying Knudsen's (sp?) cherry juice. I think it is too rich for me, even watered down, and may go back to grape. travis HI TRavis, You need to think long term here and not a straight line path to health. These things waver about, you go forward, you go back a bit, then forward again. Die-offs can hit at any time, really. I had a pretty good one at one month. As to protein nutrition, of course you can do fine just on chicken and fish. I had to go twenty years with absolutely NO protein of any kind. That was rough. Very rough. I felt awful. But I'm still here. The only thing I have been able to get back so far is chicken (or turkey when I can find one not pumped full of crud). Why not just stick to the chicken or fish for awhile since you feel fine with them. The red meat probably is a bit heavy for you right now, but that should get better later. Good luck, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 23, 2009 Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 You can order DCCC at http://prostores1.carrierzone.com/servlet/bluesealkielbasa_com/-strse-Cheese/Categories It will come delivered to your door in a cold pac container. Good stuff, am having some this evening! To: BTVC-SCD From: travisak2561@...Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:35:45 +0000Subject: Re: week three thanks, i will try the half and half yogurt. I tried to make goats milk yogurt last week and it did not turn out. I followed the exact same method I had been using successfully with whole milk but it turned out very watery. ??? I will also try bison. That is one thing we can actually get fresh here in Fairbanks, AK. Still can't find dry curd cottage cheese. Your husband's story is exactly what I needed to read right now. thank you for sharing.>> > Hi > > > > My husband has Crohn's disease and has been on the diet for over a year now. I too thought that the meds my husband was taking were managing his disease and that he had a "mild" case of crohns as he didn't seem to have many of the problems that the people on this listserv have talked about. I thought that until our new GI wanted to put him on Remicade after doing a colonoscopy that showed the ulcer that he had had for a long time, wasn't healing. We found this diet and he found that the things that he just lived with like the upset stomach, etc. were gone with the diet. Almost ten months into the diet, he as hospitalized for the first time with a partial obstruction. To say I was devastated would be an understatement. I had put such hope in this diet. Fast forward 5 weeks for his colonoscopy. He has been put on prednisone (which he had been on a couple of other times for short periods) when he was in the hospital to open the blocked area. I was mentally preparing myself for when the GI came out after the procedure to talk to us about the next step in treatment. I was elated when the GI said his colon looked completely normal. So all of this is to say that the diet takes time, there will be many ups and downs as you figure out what foods work for you and what doesn't. My husband found that, if you can tolerate yogurt, half and half yogurt was a lot richer and once we started making that, he started gaining weight. He now is watching his weight because he is about 5 pounds over what he wants to weigh! He also does better with hamburger and doesn't seem to do well with steak, beef roast or stew meat. Welch's is legal just dilute it 50%. The Just Juice's are really rich according to my husband and he dilutes it a lot. Hope this helps some. Heidi > > > > To: BTVC-SCD > Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:52:26 +0000> Subject: Re: week three> > > > > > no, i was not at all expecting to be healed in four weeks. I'm just the type who worries that if I do one little thing wron it is all for nothing. Yes, I have seen some improvement, but I am also seeing symptoms I never used to have. I have Crohn's disease which I believe is relatively mild compared to other people's discription of their symptoms. The only real symptom I ever had was persistent diarrhea. Now in addition to the D I have fatigue, gas/bloating and most worrisome to me, weight loss. I'm 5'11" and 145 so I don't have much to loose. The book mentioned four weeks, but I know that must be highly subjective. I am commited until at least the new year. Also, the only reason I mentioned eliminating red meat is because I always feel "heavy" after steak. I enjoy it and am not opposed to it, I just thought maybe it was too much. I feel fine after chicken or fish. I also meant to ask about welch's grape juice. I found some posts here indicating that it is no longer leagal. Is this still the belief? This week I am trying Knudsen's (sp?) cherry juice. I think it is too rich for me, even watered down, and may go back to grape.> travis> > > > > > __________________________________________________________> Bing brings you maps, menus, and reviews organized in one place.> http://www.bing.com/search?q=restaurants & form=MFESRP & publ=WLHMTAG & crea=TEXT_MFESRP_Local_MapsMenu_Resturants_1x1> Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft's powerful SPAM protection. Sign up now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 23, 2009 Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 , you mentioned that you had a pretty good die off after a month...I was wondering what you experienced? I just had awful cramping and D today (and thats not usual for me) after 6 weeks on diet... also I just realized that I was using a vanilla that had sugar in it and I never realized...I haven't used it in much recipes but I definitely used it...I'm so upset...I've been so fanatically SCD > > no, i was not at all expecting to be healed in four weeks. I'm just > the type who worries that if I do one little thing wron it is all for > nothing. Yes, I have seen some improvement, but I am also seeing > symptoms I never used to have. I have Crohn's disease which I believe > is relatively mild compared to other people's discription of their > symptoms. The only real symptom I ever had was persistent diarrhea. > Now in addition to the D I have fatigue, gas/bloating and most > worrisome to me, weight loss. I'm 5'11 " and 145 so I don't have much > to loose. The book mentioned four weeks, but I know that must be > highly subjective. I am commited until at least the new year. Also, > the only reason I mentioned eliminating red meat is because I always > feel " heavy " after steak. I enjoy it and am not opposed to it, I just > thought maybe it was too much. I feel fine after chicken or fish. I > also meant to ask about welch's grape juice. I found some posts here > indicating that it is no longer leagal. Is this still the belief? > This week I am trying Knudsen's (sp?) cherry juice. I think it is too > rich for me, even watered down, and may go back to grape. > travis > > > HI TRavis, > > You need to think long term here and not a straight line path to > health. These things waver about, you go forward, you go back a bit, > then forward again. Die-offs can hit at any time, really. I had a > pretty good one at one month. > > As to protein nutrition, of course you can do fine just on chicken > and fish. I had to go twenty years with absolutely NO protein of any > kind. That was rough. Very rough. I felt awful. But I'm still > here. The only thing I have been able to get back so far is chicken > (or turkey when I can find one not pumped full of crud). Why not > just stick to the chicken or fish for awhile since you feel fine with > them. The red meat probably is a bit heavy for you right now, but > that should get better later. > > Good luck, > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 , you mentioned that you had a pretty good die off after a month...I was wondering what you experienced? I just had awful cramping and D today (and thats not usual for me) after 6 weeks on diet... also I just realized that I was using a vanilla that had sugar in it and I never realized...I haven't used it in much recipes but I definitely used it...I'm so upset...I've been so fanatically SCD My one-month flare wasn't very bad. My IBS is the mixed kind, where you never have any idea what's going to happen from day to day or, when bad, hour to hour. This smoothed out a great deal about 5 days into SCD (all I had to do was dump rice from what I was eating, so I was lucky here). That one month flare " perked up " the IBS so things were flakier again. Not real bad, just not as good as it had been. And I didn't feel as good for awhile. I honestly don't remember what else it did because (bad me) I didn't start my SCD diary until after that. So, do you have a flare? Hard to tell sometimes. However, if you ingested any sugar at all I would be really suspicious of that! That would sure do me in fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 25, 2009 Report Share Posted November 25, 2009 I am on a similar boat. I was beginning to have a flare-up with 3-4 BM with bloody stools. Had colonoscopy last week - its UC, with inflammation all over the colon. I am 10 days into SCD now. I saw improvement a couple of days in between -- one firm BM with almost no blood. But now its again 3 BMs with firm, blood covered stools. I am still on Intro diet -- Chicken soup, broiled fish, grape juice, and I introduced yogurt today. I plan to hang in there, and introduce one veggie at a time. Good luck, . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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