My Story with IBD
Fighting IBD Naturally
Life with Crohn’s Disease
Life is hard. Life rarely ever turns out the way we expect it to or hope it will but maybe that’s ok. Maybe it’s life’s way of challenging us to become better versions of ourselves - allowing us to grow from our struggles and then help others. After 20 years of battling Crohn’s disease along with all of the other pressures and disappointments of life I’m still trying learn this lesson myself. I hope that the failures, disappointments, and lessons learned I share here help in whatever journey you are on in life. Be blessed.
Seasonal factors
While there are certain patterns I’m seeing in my own health related to seasonal factors I still have a lot to learn. It is clear to me that there are MANY factors that impact my overall health and learning how each of these things impact me personally (and what I can do to avoid / minimize them) will bring me better health in the long run…
Things I wish I knew…
I started this blog because I wanted to have a platform to say the things I wish I would have known 20 years ago when my journey with Crohn’s disease started. As I think about what I’d tell a younger version of myself there were three key phases of my journey where a little encouragement, guidance, and knowledge would have been helpful…
My Trigger Foods
I’ve talked about some of my worst trigger foods previously - fish, shrimp, egg, and corn. Because of the severity of these reactions I avoid these entirely. But in addition to these after testing over 100 ingredients during a four year elimination diet and through trial and error I’ve found over 20 ingredients that impact me in other ways…
My Process
After my hospitalization, I knew if I was truly going to get to a place where I could eat the things I enjoyed again I had to figure out exactly how specific ingredients impacted me. But while that premise sounds simple it is actually an incredibly complex goal to achieve. Think for a moment how many ingredients you take in on a daily basis...