Choosing Life

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I just a read a post about a 17 year old who has been recently been diagnosed with IBD. I can advocate for choosing diet and taking care of the cause rather than masking symptoms. I have first-hand knowledge of both approaches. If i had followed my parents would have just followed what doctors said taking medications, eating anything and live as if there were no hope of addressing the cause. I've had Crohn's Disease since I was 15 and that is why I admire the courage that Alyssa has because I knew the courage it took for me. I was pressured to follow the drug path, all I heard was I am a little boy and doctors know this and know that. The truth is that doctors know drugs;how to manage symptoms that's all. Drugs have their place but is I more than misguided to think that a

bowel disease is not related to diet. Six years after I'm glad I followed this way, before SCD I saw no hope and didn't really expect to wake up the next day. I was dying and nearly did on more than one occasion. I prefer to do something that makes sense to being hopped on steroids, weigh 89lbs and have no sense of my surroundings with life just flying by. I have a long way to go but I'm committed. I have a friend from Sri Lanka that seems to believe that drugs are the way. He has been sick only two years but has had 5 surgeries. He wants to hang out with his friends Everyone wants to be normal but live throws us curveballs sometimes (what do I know about baseball) but we have to adjust so we can still make contact. Every day I am able to go study what I love I give God thanks.Llemar21 years oldCD 6 years SCD restarted 18 monthsJamaica