Re: Just joined today...on day 6 of the diet

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You are ready to go then. My husband has U. C. he's been on diet 7 wks or so.

and doing ok, just needs to gain some weight. It's a lot of cooking. With her

help you will do fine.

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> > > Just wanted to say hello. I had my first bout of ulcerative colitis at the

age of 13. It went undiagnosed until I was 18. At that time the GI pressed me to

have my colon removed. I declined. That was 21 years ago. I have gone for

extended periods without any meds...4-5 years at a time.

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> > > I had a colonoscopy in November of 2009 and it showed no visual signs of

colitis. All the biopsies came back 100% normal too. Then about 6 weeks later I

started on a pretty nasty flair.

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> > > I am allergic to sulfa meds and all mesalamine drugs make matters worse. I

have prednisone sitting on the counter but I am not going to take it. That

leaves me starting the SCD diet.

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> > > I notice a decent improvement in just 6 days and am looking forward to

further improvements as time goes by.

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> > > I'm the father of 7 kids ranging in age from 13 to 2 and I am a business

owner. So my life is always somewhat chaotic. I would appreciate your

encouragement and success stories. I'm sure it will help me as I proceed with

this regimen.

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> > > Thanks

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