I have read somewhere that for someone with Crohn’s on the SCD it will probably take 3-4 years to recover. The rule of thumb was to wait for one year past the last symptom before trying any illegals. I’ve been SCD for four plus years and it has been about a year and a half since my last symptom. Now comes phase two of the great experiment. Click through to see what I mean.
Archive for April, 2009
Phase II
Published April 26, 2009 crohn's , Post , update , video 22 CommentsTags: Crohn's Disease, SCD, Specific Carbohydrate Diet, update
As and SCDer, you are well acquainted with the power of the bacteria in your gut. Maybe you know that bacteria are single celled organisms and perhaps you are aware that bacteria outnumber the cells in your body by a factor of 10 to 1. But do you know how they communicate? Neither did I, but once I watched the TED talk by Bonnie Bassler I was fascinated.The implications of her lab’s study is both intriguing and potentially far reaching.
For the extra curious crowd I’ve uploaded pictures from my recent colonoscopy. I’m just a tourist in there, but the doc told me that these are the pics from the perspective of my colon looking at my Crohn’s. I think the pics on the left and the bottom show it best.
