Crohn's Disease & Ulcerative Colitis Support Group
Crohn's disease is a systemic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) of unknown cause, that results in chronic inflammation of the intestinal tract. It can affect the entire gastrointestinal tract from mouth to anus, and can also cause complications outside of the gastrointestinal tract. There is no known medical or surgical cure for Crohn's disease, but there are many medical...
hey guys,
my name is jon im 23 and from ireland. i was only diagnosed 2 months ago, and spent 2 weeks in hospital. they were going to remover my colon but thanks god the steroids finally worked so they didnt have to.
i suffer from anxiety and depression, and for the last 3 months leading up to me developing the illness i dont think i ate any fruit or veg.
i want to overcome this illness. i am trying an holistic approach of eating just fruit and veg from a book i discovered by a guy who cured himself. but he says that you must continue eating a vegan diet or you will relapse.
here is my plan to overcome the illness. i am taking the year out from university, its my final year, so itd be too stressful and i am going to try and overcome my anxiety, i already have a improved great deal by using the claire weekes method. by overcoming my anxiety and resting by making sure i get plenty of sleep especially and by eating a very simple diet of fruit and veg, which is raw and hence easier to digest as they already contain enzymes. i am hoping that my colon will heal. once it is healed(the book says this can take from a few days to a few weeks) then i will continue eating simple foods as new tissue will be growing and i want to give my colon a chance to grow strong and healthy.
then i will start eating a more varied diet by introducing some dairy and meat. but only in small quantities.
this is my plan i will keep you all updated.
regards,
Jon
my name is jon im 23 and from ireland. i was only diagnosed 2 months ago, and spent 2 weeks in hospital. they were going to remover my colon but thanks god the steroids finally worked so they didnt have to.
i suffer from anxiety and depression, and for the last 3 months leading up to me developing the illness i dont think i ate any fruit or veg.
i want to overcome this illness. i am trying an holistic approach of eating just fruit and veg from a book i discovered by a guy who cured himself. but he says that you must continue eating a vegan diet or you will relapse.
here is my plan to overcome the illness. i am taking the year out from university, its my final year, so itd be too stressful and i am going to try and overcome my anxiety, i already have a improved great deal by using the claire weekes method. by overcoming my anxiety and resting by making sure i get plenty of sleep especially and by eating a very simple diet of fruit and veg, which is raw and hence easier to digest as they already contain enzymes. i am hoping that my colon will heal. once it is healed(the book says this can take from a few days to a few weeks) then i will continue eating simple foods as new tissue will be growing and i want to give my colon a chance to grow strong and healthy.
then i will start eating a more varied diet by introducing some dairy and meat. but only in small quantities.
this is my plan i will keep you all updated.
regards,
Jon
I am so sorry to hear about your diagnosis and all you are going through. I think it's great that you are taking a year off from school to focus on getting your health back on track. Is the book you are referring to by Dr. David Klein? I think that is the same book that I am reading. I am a bit skeptical of his theories - he seems pretty intense about living an all-vegan lifestyle to cure colitis, which I don't necessarily believe is true. But hey, it obviously worked for him so he must be doing something right! I definitely think that resting, getting plenty of sleep, and eating well can do wonders for you. Please keep us posted as to how you are progressing. I was only diagnosed last December and am still trying to figure out how to get back on track....I am sick of living this life - it's not fair! Hopefully we can all find something that helps us get well.
Take care,
Steph
ya im talking about that book. there is another book by a guy called paul nison which claims to cure crohns and ulcerative colitis by a raw diet.
im going to give it a go.
what i dont understand is that if diet caused the illness why dont much more people get the illness. i think that other factors like not chewing properly and emotional stress/anxiety also contribute. my plan is to recover by using a raw diet and then after eliminating anxiety start eating meat(although i may become vegetarian) and dairy again and chewing properly, continue getting enough sleep etc
basically i think that an unbalanced diet and too much stress and little sleep gave me the disease. so if i let my colon heal and then eliminate the factors which gave me the illness by eating healthily and getting enough sleep and getting rid of the anxiety neurosis which i suffer from then i will be cured.
this is my plan, im even taking a year out of university to do it(i was in my final year and it would have been too stressflu).
Jon
I was so desperate to add just a tiny bit of fiber to my diet that I drank a teaspoon full of Metamucil. I'm paying for it now.
I hope we all find relief.