I totally agree with CrohnsDaddy Yet another treatment option... which is a good thing. ....The more options we have, the more people will be helped. I am so glad for the job you have done in here,...
CrazyHarry you wanted to know what to do with your nut cake: due to SCDiet the baking powder isn't allowed. Even baking soda is a problem. Eggs are raising agents too. You could either add one more...
Hi mcleaver 1969 wrote: "My best advice is to take your disease very seriously and treat it as effectively and quickly as possible. We are each blessed with only one body... Please take care of...
we need the antioxydants and vitamins. Buy a veggie juice machine which separate the fibers away. What's left is all the antioxydants and vitamins. I did, I mix raw apples, carrots, kiwis and other...
"Dr. Mehmet Oz was on Oprah in the fall and he said to be sure you're taking D3 (cholecalciferol), not D2. He added that you are not getting the correct D in most dairy, as it is supplemented with...
Karendee, I'm sure you've got some renewed strength and selfconfidence now, because you've now seen that all your colleagues is careing for and respects you. And you get a lot of support here that...
Karendee, I got my Crohns break through because of a boss like yours. She was as terrible, but she only talked (yelled etc.) in a negative manner when I was alone with her and nobody heard. In my...
1. Avoid procecced food to get in control what you eat, a lot of high carbs often in processed food 2. Use healthy oil when cooking 3. Avoid processed and red meat, use poultry, fish. 4. Avoid too...
bmike, yes, there is sugar gum out there.. ;-) Ingrid...
Have had ringing in my ears at least one year, started when my iron was low. Hasn't stopped yet. Hear it often when I am tired. Ingrid...
Oh, I really hope this could be something for us...! I wouldn't hesitate taking it every second year even.... /community/emoticons/smile.gif Ingrid ...
Hi, I just wonder: Crazy Harry, do you eat raw fruit in phase 1? Or do you have to wait eating it untill your intestines have calmed down? I have considered The SCD diet earlier, and I have followed...
hi aearonso, during a flare-up: no fiber, only thin soups with no pieces within, green tea and water. Has to be easy absorbed. Let the intestines rest. 2 weeks. Low residue diet. After a flare: start...
"let he who is without spelling errors cast the first stone!"... well, it couldn't be me. I have spelling AND a grammar problem..... being Ingrid from Norway - had only 6 years English at school- but...
So what does immunosuppressants do? Put the immune system even lower? Is that why we often get even more diseases? I....
I can't drink beer or wine. I usually get the big D some hours after drinking only a box or a glass. I....
Hi, the (partial) obstructions are from a stricture. Even if medication keeps your intestine free from inflammation, you have to be careful what you eat. I have the same problem myself. I haven't...
Emom, Scd allows breads made of almonds. I'm sure you know how to bake delicious cakes of almond, eggs and sugar, well, the bread is almost made in the same way, but of course now sugar. Elaine...
Hi, I hope your diet will continue to help you all, I am so impressed that you are working this hard to have a good health, and I am so glad it helps! Keep the good work going! With all the best from...
I think they now have identified many of the genes, immunefactors, and bacteria that combine to cause the disease. The colon and the small intestines are "colonized" by bacteria, viruses, and fungus....
There is something called leaky gut. The gut leaks more the more inflammated intestines or colon. Ingrid...
Hi I am using LDN with great success. I started in september, after tapering prednisone. I got my dx in june 2007, had diarrhea 5-7 times a day, bloating, leg cramps, tummy pain, abdominal discomfort...
Zanne and Sarita, thanx a lot. Yes, it's now three months since the last obstruction or partial obstruction. But before that it could be 2-3-4 weeks between every time. I have earlier asked my GI. I...
Hi Karendee, I use Echinacea to help my intestines with the ongoing inflammation. It's said that it's the natures antibiotica. It's also good when you've catched a cold, helping the immunesystem...
EMom, I totally agree, I also use a D3 from cod-liver oil, it's a great breast - cancer protector, did you know that? As a child our mother always gave us cod-liver oil, but those days there was a...
Hi, first: I know nothing about fissures. I hope I never get fistula or fissures, it seems terrible to have them. I hope you'll get an advices that could help you. But in general I have learned...
....this has to feel like winning in lotto! :-),.....Congrats!!!!!! Ingrid...
Please tell me, is it positive to have bowel sounds or is it negative? I often have obstructions, and the first things that happens is the bowel sounds. Then comes the cramps and colics. After I've...
http://www.nationalreviewofmedicine.com/issue/2007/11_15-30/4_advances_medicine_19.html#top Exciting...! /community/emoticons/smurf.gif Ingrid...
Wish upon a star... /community/emoticons/smile.gif http://fdanews.com/newsletter/article?issueId=10966&articleId=100760 "Having a positive attitude may not change your life but it will irritate...
spasman, taking NSAID may irritate inside the stomach. If you have too much acids you may get severe pain. I had too much acids, had that medicine and got stomach ulcers. NSAID is not good to eat if...
Some say that once you start the remicade you are either on it forever or when you stop you cant ever take it again since you build up the antibodies, with humira you can take it and stop and start...
hi heavly, and welcome to us. I agree with ozonehole when it comes to the diet. There is a lot to find in here about different diets that are able to calm diarrhea, to reduce pain and which teach you...
Gretchen, could you please enlighten me, my English isn't too good, what does pitching mean? I feel that there is some misunderstanding her...have I really said something wrong? In that case, I am...
Thank you uppitycats for the support by telling the name of the National MS Society, I couldn't remember it.....it's anyway exciting waiting for the results of different studies. Anyway, welcome to...
Hi Gretchen and all the MS'ers here, first: yes, I've got Crohn's, that's correct. You are right that there is investigations going on now on Crohn's and LDN. But, Gretchen, there is also...
A B-total, A C-vit and a cod liver oil (for reducing inflammations) with D, E and omega 3. Yoghurt every day for calcium and probiotics. Calcium helps the bones and teeth. Probiotics reduces...
I so agree with rootsmith. Communication is the hardest thing to be clever at. Yes, I am sure there are people that don't get a clue, and that don't care to know what is going on. But the closest...
Why not have a look at this, at the same page there is a video interview betw. a doc and a neuro about MS, also 2 women with MS is informing us http://www.ldn4cancer.com/ I have an autoimmune disease...
To rest the bowel try: soft soluble fiber supplements as Metamucil help stop the Diarrhea and bind the stools. Six servings as described as a standard daily supplement. I read here in my most helpful...
Are you all talking about having Crohns in the colon, or have any of you got the left sided pain while diagnosed with Crohns in the small intestines? I have actually got the same problem as you, the...
I think that some of us peeps with IBD in one or another form has either a gluten intolerance or a gluten sensivity. A lot do get better when we stop using wheat.....and even more get better when...
I have homebaked ryebread with cheese and honey and green tea and a glass of applejuice. ingrid...
My son had 80 mg, and they used the weight to find out how much he could handle. My highest dose was 40 mg for only two days....had pred just once. Loved it. Got so much energy and all the pain was...
I had 1 bottle of beer and 1 glas of wine. While on pred. I got so much burning pain in my stomac and had the D of the Year. The day after we were eating out. I had 1 beer. And the bigger D of the...
Using a solarium is good too! I live almost at the North Pole and the winter are long and we have no sum for 2,5 months here. If I want sun I have to use a solarium, it's also very good for absorbing...
I take vitamin D3 - and I take 10 ml once a day from cod liver oil. Even the cod liver oil itself is good to take for inflammational issues - to reduce it. IF you have to take D3 as a vitamine pill,...
Hi, could this possible help you a little, Sadmom? http://www.potentherbs.com/shop/Natures-Way.html 90 caps is $17,95 Have a look there /community/emoticons/smile.gif From Ingrid in Norway...
Thank you for a great explanation, DirtyHarry I actually got Elaine Gotschalls book, Breaking The Vicious Cycle, today from a library. The book is written in Danish, which is easy for me to...
Please, anyone, what is sprout and grains? ingrid :/...