**MY STORY** CrohnsBoy's Crohn's Disease Cure

A few years ago I was experiencing stomach pains, urgency, stools that were not formed properly, waking up at night sweating, a bad abscess on my anus (fistula), and some blood in my stool. I put up with this for a few years until finally I went to the doctor and told him that I thought I had crohn's disease and wanted to start getting some tests done. I went for some blood tests and he found some signs that required further investigation. I then had to do the whole colonoscopy thing, barium test, and MRI overall not very fun. When the results came in I was diagnosed with Severe Crohn's-Coltis and the doctor advised me that I would have to start taking medication. I advised him that I was going to hold off on the medication and try things on my own terms he did not agree with my plan but respected my decision.

It's funny I never had my first Crohn's disease flare up until right after my colonscopy and boy was it BRUTAL!!!! I felt like my stomach was going to explode. I was kneeled over sitting by the toilet telling god that I am sorry for whatever I had done to deserve this as perhaps Karma has paid me back. I was on the can like 20-30 times a day with liquid D and blood, and mucus in my stool, I felt drained and like I was ready to throw in towel. After all the stuff I read on the net about my life being over as this is such a brutal disease I wanted to go into the garage start my car and just kill myself. How stupid was I for thinking this way!! But the sad truth is if you’re reading this I'm sure you may have been there too.

Since being diagnosed with Crohn's disease I read the book called Breaking the Vicious Cycle by Elaine Gottschall and I started doing the SCD diet a little bit but not 100%. I ordered multiple products of the net that were said to heal my Crohns disease, at that time I was still looking for the EASY CURE...but really name something that was really worth while that was easy?? It may take you a while

I continued to read more about SCD DIET and read testimonials of people who regained their health from crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis through this diet and I started to give me hope that I could do the same as them. Another thing that was so important about SCD DIET that besides me buying a 20.00 book from chapters there was nobody benefiting financially trying to sell me things etc so I decided to give SCD DIET a 100% shot. With that said I also understand that there are people out there who offer products and services that do charge and they are legitimate people it is just so hard to tell the difference between the good ones and the bad ones. Do your research and speak to other people who have bought products from them or used their methods of healing etc.

Within 1 week of being on the SCD diet I started to feel my symptoms of crohn's colitis; cramps decreasing, urgency going away, I was actually getting sleep at night for more than 2 hours, the night sweats were decreasing in severity with all this said I noticed something positive was going on in my body. I started to communicate with people who have done SCD or were currently on SCD and doing GREAT, these people helped me a lot in my healing process as they told me many do's and don'ts as general guide lines. I thought it was really important to speak with people who excelled on the diet rather than those people who do the SCD diet half a$$ and it does not work for them. I would not take investment advice from a dude driving a beat up chevette and I will not take health advice from a person who is not healthy so please watch out for these people as they can skew your opinion of SCD and other treatments.

I was on the diet for almost a year and am med free and symptom free of crohn's disease unless I was to binge on garbage foods. I will be the first to admit I have made so many mistakes on SCD due to my stubbornness that I hope you will not do the same. Not until almost 5-7 months in did I start to become symptom free please check out the Optimizing SCD tab to check out how I perfected my SCD plan.

The SCD DIET seems to work for 80% or more of people with Crohns disease or Ulcerative Colitis but even that figure is hard to verify. This diet requires a lot of precision so nobody can verify that the 20% of people that it did not work for even adhered to this diet with the utmost diligence. In the book Elaine notes that you should give the diet a 30 day chance and if you see results to continue. I am an example of someone with Crohn's Colitis who did not do the diet properly and held up my own healing process rushing into the diet assuming I could eat everything and it took me almost 5-7 months to get things right. So I could have given up after 30 days but I did not I am and thankful for my persistence which eventually led to me taking back my health from Crohn's disease back into my own hands.

I am a GREAT advocate of SCD as it has given me back my health and I am grateful for that. BUT it was definitely not SCD alone that led to my current state of health. Remember if you are on SCD or considering SCD that it is your open mindedness that led you to this site and to try another options. Do not let the diet close your mind again to other options or treatments etc. No system is perfect and there is always room for improvements. I recommend the diet with all of my heart as I believe it will help many people but the diet alone will not heal you. This is why I created my                               IBD IMPROV DOC to show people all the things I have done to overcome the disease and return to a not so restrictive diet where I do not have to worry about exact ingredients of everything.  It is important that you make lifestyle changes and research as much as you can. See what worked for other people etc as you are the only person who is in control of taking your health into your own hands.

**Currently** I am no longer on SCD and eat a healthy diet of mostly organic fruits, vegetables, fish, soaked oatmeal, meats (except I choose to stay away from pork and too much red meat). I still continue to stay away from all dairy as this is my preference and since all the other animals on the planet do not consume milk after they are infants I have chose do the same. From Monday to Friday I eat very healthy and on the weekends I do indulge a little bit having things such as: pancakes, toast, dairy free gelatti, pizza no cheese, diet soda (rarely), alcohol etc. I consume this stuff to treat myself I do not binge all weekend straight but I enjoy being able to eat almost anything I want If I choose to. In the beginning I only thought about what I was giving up but now I realized how much I got from giving my bad habits up as I feel better than ever. It also makes you appreciate those meals when you want to cheat etc because you savor the taste lol. So you may be thinking you don’t want to go on a restrictive diet BUT look at it this way “If you take the time now to get yourself healthy in the near future you will be able to eat some of your favorite foods again in moderation and will feel healthier than you have in your life. (Don’t trust me give it a try for yourself…mwuahhhh)

I am not selling a specific protocol just sharing my experience and what I did to get better. I’m just passing the word along that it works!! if you are looking for a quick fix STOP LOOKING because it does not exist as I have exhausted every avenue and it is nowhere to be found. But if your looking to regain your health and heal Crohn's disease, Colitis, or another IBD within time and have a greater appreciation for your life in general then Download my IBD IMPROV doc on my site. Feel free to contact me anytime as I am more than willing to help anyone who is ready to do what it takes to overcome their disease on their terms.

I wish you the best of luck and encourage you to take your health back into your own l