We have an appointment with a naturopathic doctor this week for our son and his belly. We've been on the Specific Carb Diet for just over 3 months and though it seems to help moderate his symptoms, has not "cured" him symptomatically. In full disclosure, backers of the SCD diet state up front that it can take months to 2 years to see full benefit. We're convinced that diet has something to do with Crohn's symptoms, unlike 95% of the GI doctors out there, and will keep going on the diet unless things go really south or he has another hospitalization. Mentally, the diet is easier to cope with as a parent when compared to giving a 3 year-old immunosuppressive drugs. Heck, the swine flu that is going around right now might have easily killed our son if he was still on 6-MP.
We're going to see the naturopathic doc for help with the diet and more for some sort of confirmation of our experiences with it. We'll see. The dude is a bit eccentric and my analytic thought-process may need to take a back seat while talking to him. I hope he can help...
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