We've embarked on a new form of therapy for Cyrus' Crohn's disease: the Specific Carbohydrate Diet. We're in the first couple of days of the diet and are very overwhelmed. We need to persevere though if it is to have any benefit... otherwise we will be back at Children's where they serve up one nasty drug after another. We have not been back for the "what's next" follow up visit since Cyrus' overnight stay. We've been avoiding it and wanting to see how things would go without the meds. Symptoms are back and we're now desperate. The SCD diet has the highest (anecdotal) rate of success of all therapies, but requires a moderate to large diet adjustment. For an adult, no big deal... For a three year-old... big deal!
I'll report our trials and tribulations here - wish us luck...
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