Anyway, I still don't know if the SCD diet is going to work for me. Today is day 81, and my digestive system is a mess! But I can't say it's the diets fault, I tried introducing some new foods and things went haywire. They say that you're supposed to wait 3 days between every new food (or spice!), but sometimes that's just not practical. I needed to get some new nutrition in fast because of how fast I was losing weight, so I only waited a day or two and now I don't know what triggered my latest problems. There's also the possibility that these troubles aren't food related at all, but that I'm experiencing the common "3 month flare" that people sometimes see while following this diet. No one knows for sure why some people experience a flare in their symptoms after 3 months, but the theory is that it has to do with the life cycle of bad bacteria in the gut.
So my latest issues could be from:
- Apples (I went a little crazy and had more applesauce than I should have...)
- Almonds (I went a little crazy and had more baked goods than I should have...)
- Eggs
- Peanut butter (one of my top 3 favorite foods... the others are dark chocolate and strawberries)
- Vanilla
- Baking Soda
- Calcium Supplements
- 3 months on the diet
Unfortunately, I think eggs are the culprit. I've suspected egg ever since feeling cold-like symptoms within minutes after biting into a hard boiled egg one morning, and I've gone very long stretches without them. I tried twice to add them back into my diet last spring, and both times were quickly followed by disaster. I allowed that it could have been coincidence... but after recently adding eggs back in things quickly fell apart again. 3 times is tough to chalk up to coincidence! So I will again be avoiding eggs for a lengthy period of time. Too bad... they're so full of nutrition and great for baking, plus mayonnaise would have been a nice way to add some variety to the endless menu of meat. It was really wonderful to be able to include pancakes, muffins, and cookies in my diet for a couple of days!
So, I cut all of these new things out of my diet again, and I'm going to tryyyyyy to follow the 3 day rule once my symptoms improve a little. If they ever do...
I'm still waiting to see if the Entyvio infusions will help, I'm about 3 weeks into the treatment, and reportedly 50% of people with Ulcerative Colitis see a response by 6 weeks.
Fingers crossed that SOMETHING starts working soon! I would really like to be able to write a post saying things are improving... and it'd be so great to take my kids to the park now that the weather is improving and not be completely freaked out about the park having no bathroom. I've been dealing with debilitating symptoms for 15 months straight, and haven't ever fully been in remission since being diagnosed 3 years ago. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
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