Introduction: 23 yo male, living with bowel problems my whole life, diagnosed with Ulcerative colitis 8 years ago. My UC has been kept fairly under control the whole time with just Lialda, but recently the UC has started to take control. I am terrified of going down the slippery slope that is prednisone and remicade, so I’m trying to do this the natural way with… Read More »Specific Carbohydrate Diet – 5 Month Update
Introduction: I am the mother of three beautiful children. This is not the first time I am posting. I was on here quite a bit when my oldest, a 6 year old little girl was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis back in March. That was such a difficult time and this website gave me much needed information and most of all encouraging words at a dark… Read More »SCD Diet Is Working For My Daughter
My Bio: 23 year old male living outside of Washington, DC. Diagnosed with UC 7 years ago, started SCD diet two months ago and seeing small improvement. My Symptoms: Frequent urge to go, and lots of gas. 2-4 BM a day on SCD, 5-6 BM a day prior to starting UC. Very little bleeding. The main symptom is a constant, nonstop need to use the… Read More »Question for the SCDers Out There
Bio: Efim. Living in NY, 40 years old. Living with UC for 13 years. Leading a very stressful life. Currently on Prednisone 15 mg, started the SCD recently. My Symptoms: ongoing stomach pain, weakness, fatigue, diarrhea, and hemorrhoids. My UC Story: I have been diagnosed with UC 13 years ago. The leading cause of my disease is probably stress. I am a very stressful person… Read More »Humira and SCD for Colitis?
Dear UC’ers of the world and all other concerned family/friends, I received an email a few days ago from one of you asking what the heck was going on with the SCD study that is taking place right now at Rush Medical Center near Chicago, IL. Crazy how times flies, but I originally posted on this study back in January of 2011 (read the post… Read More »UPDATE: SCD Clinical Study from Rush Medical Center