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May 17, 2009

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It's hard to answer about when you are going to see results about bounce back

times. It is just one of those things that start to happen. It's not a great

answer- I know. It is frustrating. So much of the SCD is about fine tuning.

I knew it was right for me as slowly major complaints like debilitating anal

pain and gut pain went away. I dealt and still deal with many symptoms but I

saw my quality of life improve that was enough of a carrot for me. I dealt with

many mini obstructions on this diet. Wow, when I would make a mistake Whammo!

Boy did it hurt. I somehow still managed to work through all of that and I

count my blessings that I did.

I really don't know what your carrot will be.

The SCD works. It just takes time and patience and some of us need a lot of

fine tuning. I had to also use an integrative doctor to figure out some of my

other issues besides things like yeast I learned I am very hypothyroid have

adrenal issues, have post lyme disease coinfections and the list goes on and on.

So I am also planning on doing some alternative treatment this year but the

major obstacle of surgery is out of the way.

I would really suggest you look at your supplement intake. I see you asked

questions about it. I personally take fermented Raw cod liver oil. It has a

great A D ratio and has really helped me. If I were you I personally would

forgo other supplements for now I would however consider probiotics.

I don't think you should concern yourself with disease progression or disease

names. The reason I say this if you are monitored properly you should be fine.

UC CD it's all IBD and all of the symptoms overlap in the sense the GI tract has

it's own brain it's own neurotransmitters so referral pain and wacky types of

symptoms is totally the norm for us. Also, as die off occurs many bizzare

symptoms occur as well. It is great testing through Great Smokies (today they

are Genova) but the truth is they only test for a very small amount of gut

pathogens. These microbes go hand n hand with IBD and all of this falls under

the umbrella of " die off " so sometimes as we start getting better we get worse

due to massive amounts of critters dying.

I have Crohn's disease. There was a while there whether it overlapped since

there was question if I had left sided involvement (this was prior to SCD).

Anyway after my first bowel obstruction my disease progressed into Crohn's

Colitis which means that my colon was involved as well besides the small bowel.

Personally I would stay away from any type of iron. It nearly killed me.

Elaine was against Iron too but I know some on the list in life death situations

like Debbie have had to take Iron. So it all varies. For me it nearly killed

me so my docs decided giving me transfusions was the way to go. I am not saying

this is ideal. It was just caustic to my gut to the point of extreme allergy.

I think you should totally work through and give LDN a try. You may have had an

increase of symptoms due to dealing with yeast. Since LDN works best with no

yeast diets SCD is like perfect. LDN may of brought your yeast levels to the

surface and that is why you had that reaction.

Did you try the transdermal cream? Did you increase your LDN dosage from 1.5 to

3mg to 4.5? The cream from Coastal?

Jodi

May 18, 2009

Hi Jodi,

I've been reading all your " adventures " and I'm so glad you've come out of the

surgery well!! I have a question...you mention that Genova doesn't do great

testing on all the pathogens, can you recommend a good test for that?

Thanks!

Kelley W. SCD 2/16/09

, 8, mild asperger's symptoms

Sara, 11, sals/phenols intol? yeast?

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