Greetings all. Tracy here in beautiful Santa Monica, California. Female, 53 with Crohn's. My problems began in 1999 but I was always told I had severe IBS u til they finally found Crohn's in 2010...or maybe it just evolved.:ycool:
I had a bowel resection in 2008 after everything got so aggravated from chemotherapy. Chemo was after a double mastectomy and ovaries out from cancer. Somewhere in 2011' I found out about an amazing Chinese Doc who on,y works with Crohn's. He put me on a tea that I had to keep making and drinking. It looked like a Baggie of tree bark and sticks but it helped. he also put me on a diet of ONLY cooked veggies, eggs and fish. Period. No raw, no startch, no sugar, no dairy, no alcohol or coffee and nothing cold in temperature. I still eat that way all the time. if I cheat, I pay a price. then I discovered LDN Low Dose Naltrexone and that helped even more and I was fine for so long. Then...cancer returned. More surgery, chemo again (chemo and Crohn's don't get along we'll) ...many hospital stays and then radiation. That all ended a few months ago and now I have pain like I've never had. I won't go my GI since all she has is steroids and 6mp and surgery up her sleeve. I'm not going there. I'm going back to the Chinese Doc for a new brew and continuing to find alternative ways to handle this. My meditation practice and classes are my sanity. Gotta keep my head on no matter what! Sending out major hugs to all. Think good thoughts.:kiss:
I had a bowel resection in 2008 after everything got so aggravated from chemotherapy. Chemo was after a double mastectomy and ovaries out from cancer. Somewhere in 2011' I found out about an amazing Chinese Doc who on,y works with Crohn's. He put me on a tea that I had to keep making and drinking. It looked like a Baggie of tree bark and sticks but it helped. he also put me on a diet of ONLY cooked veggies, eggs and fish. Period. No raw, no startch, no sugar, no dairy, no alcohol or coffee and nothing cold in temperature. I still eat that way all the time. if I cheat, I pay a price. then I discovered LDN Low Dose Naltrexone and that helped even more and I was fine for so long. Then...cancer returned. More surgery, chemo again (chemo and Crohn's don't get along we'll) ...many hospital stays and then radiation. That all ended a few months ago and now I have pain like I've never had. I won't go my GI since all she has is steroids and 6mp and surgery up her sleeve. I'm not going there. I'm going back to the Chinese Doc for a new brew and continuing to find alternative ways to handle this. My meditation practice and classes are my sanity. Gotta keep my head on no matter what! Sending out major hugs to all. Think good thoughts.:kiss:
