Yeah, it was auto pilot for sure. The waitress there likes me. She knows what I like, she brings iced tea and salsa to me before asking if I want a menu. There were 7 other people with me, so in her hurry to be sure that we all got what we wanted, she didn’t remember that I had said no pepper. I’m sure that she would have looked closer at my plate if I had been alone. I’m really sure that she glanced at my plate, saw that everything looked like it always does and brought it out.
I’ll try it again at a place where the waitress doesn’t know me.
Immune system problems, especially digestive problems like Crohn’s disease, run in my family. For that matter, many autoimmune diseases have a large genetic component.
Were you aware of that? Or are you just a clueless asshole who doesn’t care who he offends, and therefore doesn’t bother researching before insulting?
I think that he intends to offend, based on his past behavior. Being a clueless asshole is just another sideline of his.
My brother and my sister both have Crohn’s. Whenever I get to feeling really sorry for myself, I console myself with the thought that at least I don’t have Crohn’s.
I had to look that one up. I’m sorry you get those symptoms - if you do get them all - but I just have indigestion and a bit of wind, no problems at .. the other end .. if you see what I mean.
FWIW I took stomach acid-suppressing tablets for several years until I lived in China where good bread was unheard of. Changing my diet to rice, fresh vegetables and no processed carbs led to many weeks between any discomfort. I also lost about 30 lbs of cheese and bread-induced bulk, when I left the UK I was a little over 210.
My sister went into the hospital today (actually, technically, yesterday) to get 15 centimeters of her small intestine removed. Crohn’s strikes again. She’s not being a food faddist when she says that she needs to avoid this food, or that food.
There really are ways around getting your intestines cut out, if you’re willing to make radical changes to your diet.
She’s already tried making radical changes to her diet. She’s tried that for decades. She absolutely didn’t want to do this, but she’s been hospitalized so many times, over such a long period of time, that she’s quit fighting the doctors over this issue.
Define ‘radical’.
Also, there are some supplements that can help with this as well, like vitamin D. Crohn’s is an immune disorder, and vitamin D is an immune suppressor.
This is hilarious.
You know, if someone has suffered with a disorder for literally decades and has reached a point where major surgery becomes a viable option for treatment, I am guessing – just guessing, mind you – that perhaps this person has already tried popping some vitamin supplements in order to fix the problem.
It kind of reminds me of when you tell someone you’ve been diagnosed with diabetes and they tell you very seriously that you should consider cutting down on processed sugars. Yeah, thanks for the late-breaking update, Captain Obvious.
Are you experienced with this disorder or are you just parroting something you read on the net?
I can’t trust the Mayo Clinic. I’m allergic to eggs. :evil:
Given the complexity of Crohn’s disease, which has both genetic and environmental risk factors, a statement like that reveals you have, at best, only the most superficial knowledge of the disease and no real understanding. We don’t even know why they opted for surgery, whether it was for ulcers or pre-cancerous or cancerous condition or what. What a kneejerk reaction. If you find out Lynn’s sister is having a bit of colon cancer lopped out are you going to be embarrassed for suggesting vitamin supplements for it or suggest herbs instead? Even under the best management Crohn’s can be progressive in some cases.
How her sister’s Crohn’s is managed is between her and her doctor. I swear, this reminds me of people who criticize women for getting hysterectomy’s for severe endometriosis, saying they should hang onto a diseased organ despite debilitating or even life-threatening complications.
This exchange show perfectly how problematic people claiming to have illnesses or allergies when they don’t is. Lynn’s sister is clearly ill and needs treatment, and surgery may well be the best answer - it certainly sometimes is for Crohn’s. The problem is, when the vast majority of people claiming to be ill are lying, people won’t believe those who are. Lynn, Broomstick - you have both been doing that in this thread, so bear some responsibility for people minimising the problems of Crohn’s.
Just where have I been lying?
In bed.
OK, you got me there.
Point out where I have lied in this thread. I dare you.
Even worse, when the doctor insists the woman hold onto it because she might change her life long decision to not have children/more children. It’s always better to suffer than to lose the change to replicate! :rolleyes:
FWIW, Lynn, I hope your sister will be okay.
OK, all of you, on the issue of diet, are like children compared to me.
I have been reading and experimenting obsessively with alternative healing methods, especially diet, for around 14 years.
I’m not saying diet cures colon cancer, or any other kind of cancer. Stop strawmanning me.
What I AM saying is that Crohn’s disease runs in my family, as do other autoimmune disorders, and I myself have moderate digestive problems that I am quite sure are partially inherited.
I’m also not saying that every case of Crohn’s is completely curable at any stage. I think there are probably a few cases that are just too far gone.
I can definitely speak from experience when I say that I’ve seen many, many almost miraculous cases of healing from Crohn’s, IBD, etc., in patients whose doctors were suggesting surgery.
These cases generally require extreme dietary changes. Some people aren’t willing to make such changes. And that’s it. Some doctors are aware that extreme diets can reverse these kinds of problems, but they have little to no faith that patients will actually stick to such a diet.
On a more general note, vitamin D, like all secosteroids, is an immune suppressor, and has worked wonders for my own autoimmune issues.