Many SCD sites and blogs display helpful recipes and tips, but VERY few give information about the other side of it -- does it work?... how are your symptoms?... are you better? While we have no formal baseline values to compare to, I'll begin by saying he's feeling better than he was on medication (6-MP) alone. We'll continue to provide both at this site in order to track our progress both with the diet itself and whether or not it helps moderate Crohn's symptoms in our boy.
SYMPTOM UPDATE (3 months on SCD)
Stool: Our son tends to have 2-3 mushy-to-explosive poops a day (almost one after each meal) and most still have blood in them.
Pain: He has not complained of any stomach pain in quite some time
Energy: It comes in spurts, but seems comparable to his sister's level of energy.
Behavior: He's 3 going on 4 with a strong personality... so disentangling that with bowel irritation is tough! Days with more bowel movements tend to impact his irritability. I'd say this occurs on 1 out of every 5 to 7 days at this point.
Weight: Not sure exactly as our scale is a little squirrely. On our scale, he has gained 2 pounds in three months.
October 14, 2009 CDAI = 38.
