I'm new here, just wanted to share my story and get any support I can.
I'm 28 years old and I have a 15 month old girl. When I was 9 months pregnant It was suspected that I have crohns. I had an awful natural delivery because by the end of the 9th month I had no energy left in me. After a few months I finally got a colonoscopy and endoscopy and the doc confirmed that I have crohns. I also have iritis and got swelling on my right knee that walking wasn't an option anymore. I got desperate and agreed to take humira. I was also given budesonide (steroids) for 4 months to calm the inflammation. After a few months I forgot I was sick, apart from taking humira twice a month. Then my daughter got a cold, just a common cold, so I got I too and humira stopped working. My crohns flared up again and I was back on steroids and in pain. Now I'm not convinced in humira and I'm more aware of its side effects and I'd rather have crohns than risk getting the endless diseases out there.
Been reading a lot and I came across the gaps diet by dr, Natasha Campbell. It's the SCD diet but modified to add healing elements you must have daily with the hopes of restoring the intestinal lining and your gut flora.
I've been preparing to start it for more than 2 months, started with cutting white sugar from my diet (I eat a lot of sugar), and stopping sugar got me in bed shaking and sweating for a week. After that I was fine, stopped all grains and dairy next.
I wanted to know if any of you are on gaps and how you're managing your sypmtoms in natural ways. Also I wanted to know what symptom I can ignore and what would warrant a rush to the emergency room. I currently have loose stools, and blood in stool along with abdominal pain.
Thank you all for any help you can give me.
I'm 28 years old and I have a 15 month old girl. When I was 9 months pregnant It was suspected that I have crohns. I had an awful natural delivery because by the end of the 9th month I had no energy left in me. After a few months I finally got a colonoscopy and endoscopy and the doc confirmed that I have crohns. I also have iritis and got swelling on my right knee that walking wasn't an option anymore. I got desperate and agreed to take humira. I was also given budesonide (steroids) for 4 months to calm the inflammation. After a few months I forgot I was sick, apart from taking humira twice a month. Then my daughter got a cold, just a common cold, so I got I too and humira stopped working. My crohns flared up again and I was back on steroids and in pain. Now I'm not convinced in humira and I'm more aware of its side effects and I'd rather have crohns than risk getting the endless diseases out there.
Been reading a lot and I came across the gaps diet by dr, Natasha Campbell. It's the SCD diet but modified to add healing elements you must have daily with the hopes of restoring the intestinal lining and your gut flora.
I've been preparing to start it for more than 2 months, started with cutting white sugar from my diet (I eat a lot of sugar), and stopping sugar got me in bed shaking and sweating for a week. After that I was fine, stopped all grains and dairy next.
I wanted to know if any of you are on gaps and how you're managing your sypmtoms in natural ways. Also I wanted to know what symptom I can ignore and what would warrant a rush to the emergency room. I currently have loose stools, and blood in stool along with abdominal pain.
Thank you all for any help you can give me.