jmneiderer : MyBlogHer Profile

I am a 28 year old mother of three young children who was diagnosed with Crohn's disease in August of 2010 after suffering with symptoms for about five years. Since then I have been on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet or SCD to help maintain my remission. I am also lactose intolerant, allergic to nuts, and I have oral allergy syndrome. That's a nice list. Enough to frustrate even someone as stubborn as me but all these diagnosis provided me with an outlet for my frustration and that is cooking. I never really liked to cook all that much before because I never really felt like I was doing anything besides combining prepackaged things together, now all that has changed. I'm having fun coming up with new ways to explore my kitchen and food in general while sticking to a strict and very healthy diet. I want to reach out to other people suffering with IBDs and let them know that yes you can "do" this diet without nuts and yes you can get better. For the longest time I was just waiting for someone to tell me, "you know you're going to be okay", until I realized that it had to come from me.