At turns fascinating, frightening and hopeful, Good Germs, Bad Germs - Health and Survival in a Bacterial World by Jessica Snyder Sachs is an enlightening read.
Archive for March, 2009
Colonoscopy conundrum
Published March 7, 2009 Post 15 CommentsTags: Crohn's Disease, SCD, Specific Carbohydrate Diet
January 1, 2009 marks four full years on the SCD. March of 2009 marks eighteen months since the last time I felt a Crohn’s symptom. I considered myself to be in remission because I am on no medications, had no symptoms and my SED rate was a fantastic two.
Knowing how good I felt, I was very curious to see how good I looked inside so I recently had a colonoscopy. And now I find myself faced with a conundrum. The colonoscopy showed superficial ulceration and the biopsy came back as active Crohn’s. Furthermore, my doctor was surprised that I don’t have any obstructive symptoms given that four inches of my ileum is constricted by about half. He felt that given that I eat a lot of roughage I would be feeling pain, bloating and gas which I am not. This constriction existed before I began the SCD, so I wasn’t surprised that it was still there.
What could be more simple than that carton of orange juice you just brought home?
They just squeezed an orange and packaged the juice, right?
Not so fast.
