Living on SCD- >1 year

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Hey yall'

Don't post much but monitor all the time. This is such a great forum when you

are first starting out. Marilyn and others are SOOO supportive and helpful when

you dont have a clue what you are doing or where you are trying to get to.

I think I was lucky enough to get flooded @ 7mo. into my SCD journey.

I have gotten used to a VERY restricted diet and never really experimented. They

say that anything you do 30 times becomes a habit. Well my diet was so

restricted by my cooking circumstances that I don't crave things I can't have.

Such as crackers and pies and such.

I have learned to live with little--

This is so invaluable to me.

I recently suggested the diet to someones friend and she said, " I don't think

she could be that disciplined " . I don't consider myself " disciplined " , its just

the way I have to eat. Food shouldn't be painful, and it is for so many of us. I

tell everyone, its easy to follow a diet when the repercussions are immediate

and painful.

As I remain symptom free basically,I do occasionally give into a craving.

Chocolate twice- no problems. Taco Bell-- a combo burrito-Should not have done

that!!

I drink milk when I feel like it without problems, but had a huge problem with

an organic string cheese last week. I live and learn every day on SCD.

Family and friends often ask me if this is forever and my answer is " NO " --but.

Once your intestines rebel against you, you realize how important they are, and

how much you will do to make them happy.

Folks without intestinal disease will never understand the agony of having to

know where every BR is or carrying extra clothes with you or not knowing whether

its your period or a flare.

SCD to me is an easy choice. And it works for me.

UC 1/08

SCD 12/07