Re: New here plus questions :)

[Guest guest]

> Hi,

>

> My son is 20 and has UC. He started the SCD just under 7 weeks ago. He

is in college (90 min from home) and has been coming home weekends to replenish

his food supply. I am trying my best to be his cook. He supplements at school

by cooking meats for himself. I make him soup, yogurt, the cheesecake, squash,

mayonnaise, applesauce, etc. My hope is that as he begins to feel better that

he can take over some of the cooking but for now I am glad to help. was dx

at 15 with UC and has steadily worked his way up the chain of meds. Currently

he is on humira, MTX, asacol, entocort, folic acid, iron, freeda vitamins, and

fish oil. When he started on the SCD he also increased to once weekly humira so

truly we don't know whether any changes we are seeing are due to the SCD,

humira, or a combination of both.

>

> 's been feeling better. Urgency had decreased, number of bathroom visits

have decreased, and his energy level is good. He just had stool samples tested

however, and all showed blood in his stool. We know his colon was a mess prior

to starting the diet (colonoscopy in December showed ulcerations as well as tons

of inflammatory polyps). Does the blood at this point sound " normal " given the

amount of time on the diet?

First thing to know is there is no normal.

Some people get rid of the blood handily. For others it lingers as the last

difficult symptom.

And everything in between.

>

> I am also worried that we are moving too fast? We just added almond butter

last week (made from blanched almonds) and he LOVES the almond butter brownies

made from the recipe on the pecanbread site. Should we hold off??

If he can handle them digestively, they are okay - but go slowly and ration them

at first.

Though of course the humira may be masking his true reaction to them - that's a

bit of a

problem.

Mara

[Guest guest]

> Hi,

>

> My son is 20 and has UC. He started the SCD just under 7 weeks ago. He

is in college (90 min from home) and has been coming home weekends to replenish

his food supply. I am trying my best to be his cook. He supplements at school

by cooking meats for himself. I make him soup, yogurt, the cheesecake, squash,

mayonnaise, applesauce, etc. My hope is that as he begins to feel better that

he can take over some of the cooking but for now I am glad to help. was dx

at 15 with UC and has steadily worked his way up the chain of meds. Currently

he is on humira, MTX, asacol, entocort, folic acid, iron, freeda vitamins, and

fish oil. When he started on the SCD he also increased to once weekly humira so

truly we don't know whether any changes we are seeing are due to the SCD,

humira, or a combination of both.

>

> 's been feeling better. Urgency had decreased, number of bathroom visits

have decreased, and his energy level is good. He just had stool samples tested

however, and all showed blood in his stool. We know his colon was a mess prior

to starting the diet (colonoscopy in December showed ulcerations as well as tons

of inflammatory polyps). Does the blood at this point sound " normal " given the

amount of time on the diet?

First thing to know is there is no normal.

Some people get rid of the blood handily. For others it lingers as the last

difficult symptom.

And everything in between.

>

> I am also worried that we are moving too fast? We just added almond butter

last week (made from blanched almonds) and he LOVES the almond butter brownies

made from the recipe on the pecanbread site. Should we hold off??

If he can handle them digestively, they are okay - but go slowly and ration them

at first.

Though of course the humira may be masking his true reaction to them - that's a

bit of a

problem.

Mara

[Guest guest]

Just wanted to share my experience... I've been bleeding for probably 10 years

straight. I've been on the diet for 21 weeks now and so many symptoms have

improved. Like , my urgency has decreased, my daily stool count has gone

down and everything is more formed than ever. However, I do continue to bleed.

But I have to believe that all of the positive things taking shape (pun intended

are helping my bowels to heal. And I think it is going to take a long time

for them to heal since they have been ulcerated and damaged for so long. So I

think SCD is working wonders for and even though it's tough, we need to be

patient- and with time, the bleeding with subside!

-Joanna

SCD 9/2009, Crohn's 1992

> > 's been feeling better. Urgency had decreased, number of bathroom

visits have decreased, and his energy level is good. He just had stool samples

tested however, and all showed blood in his stool. We know his colon was a mess

prior to starting the diet (colonoscopy in December showed ulcerations as well

as tons of inflammatory polyps). Does the blood at this point sound " normal "

given the amount of time on the diet?

[Guest guest]

Just wanted to share my experience... I've been bleeding for probably 10 years

straight. I've been on the diet for 21 weeks now and so many symptoms have

improved. Like , my urgency has decreased, my daily stool count has gone

down and everything is more formed than ever. However, I do continue to bleed.

But I have to believe that all of the positive things taking shape (pun intended

are helping my bowels to heal. And I think it is going to take a long time

for them to heal since they have been ulcerated and damaged for so long. So I

think SCD is working wonders for and even though it's tough, we need to be

patient- and with time, the bleeding with subside!

-Joanna

SCD 9/2009, Crohn's 1992

> > 's been feeling better. Urgency had decreased, number of bathroom

visits have decreased, and his energy level is good. He just had stool samples

tested however, and all showed blood in his stool. We know his colon was a mess

prior to starting the diet (colonoscopy in December showed ulcerations as well

as tons of inflammatory polyps). Does the blood at this point sound " normal "

given the amount of time on the diet?