I took Turmeric and Ginger prior to my Crohn's diagnosis. Not for very long before, but from my investigation into Lyme Disease, I found out how beneficial these two spices were to health, and the anti-inflammatory, and decoagulation effect they could have. My wife had undiagnosed Lyme Disease from a Deer Tick bite, and I was the one who would end up treating her. I did not plan on doing this, but could not get any doctor to treat her since she would not produce a positive test.
Now it is well known that those tests are not accurate, but many of our doctors are about ten years behind the science behind many diseases. That is another story, and I am still treating her disease, but she is doing much better now. Enough about that.
I was well aware of the properties of these two plants, and it was natural for me to use them to knock down my own inflammation. I took 1500 Mg two or three times a day of both Turmeric and Ginger. I also added a double dose of Krill Oil that I used to both balance my cholesterol and help with inflammation.
This did help calm down my inflammation, and my lack of D most of the time was one of my indicators. It was not perfect as a Crohn's treatment, but I did not think of it as my solution, it was to buy me time to figure out the disease. Like the Lyme I was already treating, I needed some idea of what caused the problem in order to treat it in a manner that made some sense.
It was at this time my wife noticed I was not going into any depressive funks any longer. I thought it could be coincidence, but it stayed that way for months and now years. I have had a couple of one or two day relapses, but these are from viral infections, or some other direct cause of inflammation. They go away as soon as the illness is gone.
I have not figured out everything about the disease, but I think I know enough to keep it under wraps. I do have a treatment plan that makes sense based on what I understand to be some of the causes of the disease.
I am not completely satisfied that I know as much as I should, but it is good enough to keep me well. At least so far.
That is the short version. I did try several other things in between, and most did not work or were inconclusive. I also found at least one important treatment product that brought me 100% out of my flare and that was Miracle Mineral Solution or MMS. There is lots of uses for this alternative medical product, but it kills acidic bacteria exceptionally well. This was how I killed off most of the bad bacteria in my intestinal tract prior to using LDN as a main treatment. Once that bacteria was reduced, I had no more inflammation problems. LDN and MMS are the back bone of my treatment.
I should mention that just prior to my bad Crohn's symptoms I had several stressful events going on around me.
1) My wife was fairly ill with Lyme Disease.
2) I had recently came close to being layed off from my job permanently.
3) I was taking online classes that were very difficult given our busy schedule and other problems at the time.
4) One of my children was becoming a Meth Head at that time. He is fine now. This one alone was harder on me than anything else by far.
5) Of course, my on and off again depression was not any better either. I could deal with it, but it did not help.
5) I was overweight, smoking more than ever due to the other problems. I felt sick just from the situation. I had never had to deal with so much, at one time.
That was the scenario I was in, just prior to getting really sick with Crohn's.
Stress finally broke the Camels back, unfortunately, I was the Camel.
That is probably the most complete explanation of my situation I have ever given, but I do think the circumstances had much to do with the timing of my illness. I am glad those days are behind me. They really sucked.
Dan