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Symptom free for 1 year

Sun, October 28, 2018 9:58 AM

Hey everyone,

It's been over a year since I've experienced symptoms on a regular basis - abdominal pain, diahrea lasting more than a day, blood etc.

I have not taken any medications, no rescue treatments of prednisone, biologics etc.

What has changed however is the types and amounts of food I eat, and what I avoid absolutely - added flour, starch, and sugar (including "natural" sugars like honey).

I follow a meal plan as follows:

Breakfast - 8oz fruit, 8 oz greek yogurt, and 4 oz dry measured then cooked oats
Lunch - 6 oz cooked vegetable or fruit, 6 oz protein, 8 ounces fresh veggies, 6 oz rice or potato
Dinner - same as lunch, could be different foods.

This has not been easy, and have relied on a group of individuals following the same meal plan for reasons of controlling their tendency to overeat (as I have).

I have not paid a cent for this program in any way shape or form- either in the form of food products like weight watchers, consultation fees, books, membership fees, workshops etc. Nor am I interested in ever receiving any compensation in any form for my time spent answering questions or discussing what I did.

Also can't guarantee this as a cure, even for myself long-term. I get that some of you already do this and still have symptoms or may not experience relief from this - my heart goes out to those fitting this description.

Feel free to PM me if interested in learning more about this.

P.S. I had a contingency food for every trigger food, including raw veggies. I can now eat raw veggies with no symptoms.

About my disease:

Chrohns diagnosis in 1998
Flare-ups included pain, blood, etc
ER visit every 2-3 months w/ prednisone follow-up
Resection in 2014
Was on Asacol until 2016, no biologicals
Last ER visit Spring 2017
Last flare-up August/September 17'

- Grant

ghansen
Joined Oct 25, 2014

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