thanks for sharing your experience with us. I also have Crohn’s disease and after my last attack approx. one month ago I have been suffering from many other conditions as well. I am really climbing the ladder in crohn’s business. For more than a month I have had some symptoms of diabetes, but my doctors tell me that would be due to the attack and try to calm me down. Yet as my father has diabetes type II, I have decided to combine my crohn’s diet with the diabetes diet. What I have learned in the prolonged years of suffering is to become my own doctor.

Thank you again

I have to agree with you, with our little “quirky” ailments, it is always good to dig up the natural remedies where we can, eve if we can postpone the inevitable (more drugs) for a few years I honestly believe we are better off. Our local hospital has a great diabetes clinic, and I would highly recommend checking with your family doctor if there is something similar in Sarnia. The clinic offered a full day course on pre-diabetes, to help you understand exactly what diabetes was and more importantly, discussed the key philosophy around diet control. The key was, what can pre-diabetics do to hopefully stay as pre-diabetics for the rest of their lives. As a Crohn’s suffer yourself, the largest challenge I have found is that there are some fundamental opposites in our diets, particularly when the the Crohn’s is flaring up — fibre is good — it requires more work do break down, hence uses more energy = sugar. But as a Crohn’s sufferer, who needs those little fibre scrub brushes irritating our bodies more then they all ready are.

AHH THE JOYS!!!

On the personal side: Allison to Sarnia is a bit of a move, but I must admit (looking out the window) being close to the lake is great. However, being so close to Lake Huron I think you have me beat!

Side note: my wife and lived in Alliston, Ontario for many years before moving to our current location in the Sarnia area where I’m busy in the web design industry. Too bad I didn’t take time away from the keyboard to visit Lake Simcoe while we had the chance!

All the best to you for the days ahead.

My doctor always loves chemical cocktails of a few drugs so I never know what is sending my body off into left field when they start to act up — lets put it this way, I’m 38 and started to get pimples again!. I wish I had a little better audience on my blog when it came to the Crohn’s communtiy to get a better response to your inquiry. The only wisdom I can lend is what I keep reminding myself — I could be back in the hospital, need a hip replacement as a result of my prednesone use or have had to endure surgery. So I suppose a few pimples is the worst of my concerns. Good luck finding the answer if it does not come out here — and feel free to check back from time to time.

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